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giant star

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English

Syllables
gi-ant s-tar
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A star that has stopped fusing hydrogen in its core, and as a result has grown much larger and brighter; it is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature.

Inflected Forms

giant stars (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

dwarf star dwarf subgiant bright giant supergiant hypergiant

Synonyms

giant

Questions

What does giant star mean?
A star that has stopped fusing hydrogen in its core, and as a result has grown much larger and brighter; it is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature.

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