Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gmo

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables: gmo
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of genetically modified organism.

noun

Initialism of genetically modified organism.

adj

Genetically modified.

Example Sentences

"About 93 percent of the soybeans grown in the United States are GMO."
"Since 85 to 95% of these crops are GMO, it is safe to assume – unless provided proper certification – that “normal” dairy products contain GMO ingredients in one form or another."
"Contains at least 70% organic ingredients and the rest of the product cannot be GMO, irradiated, or grown with sewage sludge"

Inflected Forms

GMOs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

GEO

Questions

What does gmo mean?: Initialism of genetically modified organism.

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