Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

liveaboard

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables
live-aboard
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a person: living on board a boat.

noun

A person who lives on a boat.

noun

A boat designed or modified to allow people to live on board, compared to similar boats which do not have this feature.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From live + aboard.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does liveaboard mean?
Of a boat: designed or modified to allow people to live on board.
Where does liveaboard come from?
From live + aboard.

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