Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heat-ray

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.47 in modern English

Syllables
heat-ray
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A weapon that fires a beam of extremely high temperature.

noun

Synonym of calorific ray.

Dated

Example Sentences

Etymology

The fictional sense was coined by British science fiction author H. G. Wells in 1896 in The War of the Worlds.

Usage

Inflected Forms

heat-rays (plural)

Synonyms

ray-gun ray gun death ray energy weapon calorific ray

Questions

What does heat-ray mean?
A weapon that fires a beam of extremely high temperature.
Where does heat-ray come from?
The fictional sense was coined by British science fiction author H. G. Wells in 1896 in The War of the Worlds.

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