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gravel gertie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables
grav-el ger-tie
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chamber, with a roof covered by a deep pile of gravel, within which nuclear warheads may be maintained; in the event of a (non-nuclear) explosion, the roof is weakened and the gravel falls and prevents the escape of nuclear material

Etymology

From a character in the Dick Tracy comic strip.

Inflected Forms

Gravel Gerties (plural)

Questions

What does gravel gertie mean?
A chamber, with a roof covered by a deep pile of gravel, within which nuclear warheads may be maintained; in the event of a (non-nuclear) explosion, the roof is weakened and the gravel falls and prevents the escape of nuclear material
Where does gravel gertie come from?
From a character in the Dick Tracy comic strip.

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