Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mackinaw skiff

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables: mack-i-naw skiff
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cargo boat, with a large flat bottom and sharp ends, formerly used on the Great Lakes and the Missouri River (to a lesser extent, elsewhere).

noun

A shooner-rigged boat once used on the Great Lakes.

Etymology

From Ojibwe.

Inflected Forms

mackinaw skiffs (plural)

Questions

What does mackinaw skiff mean?: A cargo boat, with a large flat bottom and sharp ends, formerly used on the Great Lakes and the Missouri River (to a lesser extent, elsewhere).
Where does mackinaw skiff come from?: From Ojibwe.

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