lightsaber
/ˈlaɪtˌseɪ.bɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[Obi-Wan Kenobi to Luke Skywalker] Your father's lightsaber. This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or random as a blaster. An elegant weapon for a more civilized age."
- "Wielding his flashlight like a lightsaber, Kyle sent golden shafts slicing through the swirling vapors."
- "This was the era of Star Wars, the reinvention of science fiction with the homely Luke Skywalker. But even Luke had the Force and a tie-fighter. The Doctor was a humanist, and his spacecraft was an obsolete phone box redolent of bobbies with whistles. He would never resort to lightsabre against villains, preferring to confront them with jelly babies."
- "Poster Power / Get the scheme behind the scene with Star Wars Blueprints: The Ultimate Collection. This boxed set includes five double-sided posters with blueprints of the Death Star, R2-D2, and C-3PO, lightsabers and blasters, Darth Vader and the Millennium Falcon."
- "The country’s fencing federation has officially recognised lightsaber duelling as a competitive sport, granting the weapon from George Lucas’s space saga the same status as the foil, epee and sabre, the traditional blades used at the Olympics."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlaɪtˌseɪ.bɚ/
- British English: /ˈlaɪtˌseɪ.bə(ɹ)/