Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

left brain

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.86 in modern English

Syllables: left- brain
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The left cerebral hemisphere; the part of the brain popularly associated with analysis and computation.

Inflected Forms

left brains (plural)

Phrases

left-brained left-brainer left-hemispheric

Frequently Paired Words

left-hemispheric right brain

Synonyms

left hemisphere

Questions

What does left brain mean?: The left cerebral hemisphere; the part of the brain popularly associated with analysis and computation.

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