Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gosport

/ˈɡɒspɔː(ɹ)t/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English

Syllables: gosport
IPA: /ˈɡɒspɔː(ɹ)t/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town and borough in Hampshire, England, next to Portsmouth (OS grid ref SZ6199).

name

A community in the town of Brighton, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.

name

An unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama, United States.

name

A town in Wayne Township, Owen County, Indiana, United States.

name

A former town on Star Island, New Hampshire, United States, now part of the town of Rye, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

noun

Ellipsis of Gosport tube.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Gosport.

Example Sentences

"It was all done through Gosports, which was a rubber tube and a funnel thing that looked like you measure stuff with. The ends were plugged into your helmet and you talked to each other through this rubber hose […]"
"Then the young man shouted into the gosport to those who had remained faithfully in the engine room feeding the furnaces […]."

Etymology

Possibly from goose or gorse, or from God's port.

Inflected Forms

Gosports (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce gosport?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɒspɔː(ɹ)t/.
What does gosport mean?: A town and borough in Hampshire, England, next to Portsmouth (OS grid ref SZ6199).
Where does gosport come from?: Possibly from goose or gorse, or from God's port.

How to pronounce gosport

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