Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foreign body

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.91 in modern English

Syllables: for-eign -body
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unwanted, intruding object or piece of matter.

Example Sentences

"The foreign body stuck inside the dog's stomach turned out to be a bottle cap."

Inflected Forms

foreign bodies (plural)

Synonyms

foreign object

Questions

What does foreign body mean?: An unwanted, intruding object or piece of matter.

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