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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

halfword

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
half-word
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes

Etymology

From half + word.

Inflected Forms

halfwords (plural)

Questions

What does halfword mean?
An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes
Where does halfword come from?
From half + word.

How to pronounce halfword

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