Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hall of fame

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

Syllables: hal-l of -fame
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A structure housing memorials to famous or illustrious individuals (especially ones of importance to some field), often containing a collection of memorabilia relating to them.

noun

A group, sometimes formal, of the famed or illustrious in a given field.

noun

A high-score table.

Example Sentences

"He was inducted into the Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame."
"Scoring is by time taken, percentage of quest completed and charms collected with an overall rating offered. As in Underwurlde there is no Hall of Fame, largely due to the size of the program."
"[…] hanging out with Dave instead down at the video arcades in Houndsfield Street, spending our pocket money on rubbing out each other's names from the Space Invaders' Hall of Fame."

Inflected Forms

halls of fame (plural) HoF (alternative)

Phrases

hall-of-famer

Antonyms

hall of shame

Questions

What does hall of fame mean?: A structure housing memorials to famous or illustrious individuals (especially ones of importance to some field), often containing a collection of memorabilia relating to them.

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