Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

merchant fleet

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables: mer-chan-t fleet
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fleet of merchant ships, calculated either on a country-by-country basis, or on a global basis.

Example Sentences

"the global merchant fleet"
"the Norwegian merchant fleet"

Inflected Forms

merchant fleets (plural)

Synonyms

merchant marine merchant navy

Questions

What does merchant fleet mean?: A fleet of merchant ships, calculated either on a country-by-country basis, or on a global basis.

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