Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

impact winter

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.60 in modern English

Syllables
im-pact win-ter
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A period of prolonged cold weather due to the impact of a large asteroid or comet on the Earth's surface.

Inflected Forms

impact winters (plural)

Phrases

extinction event mass extinction

Frequently Paired Words

extinction event mass extinction volcanic winter nuclear winter

Questions

What does impact winter mean?
A period of prolonged cold weather due to the impact of a large asteroid or comet on the Earth's surface.

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