Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

methylamphetamine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables: methy-lam-phetamine
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

methamphetamine

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Catherine was arrested by Sydney police last July and has been charged with 14 offences, including supplying the drugs methylamphetamine, ketamine and GHB."

Etymology

From methyl + amphetamine.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

methylamphetamines (plural)

Questions

What does methylamphetamine mean?: methamphetamine
Where does methylamphetamine come from?: From methyl + amphetamine.

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