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mini-mal

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables
mini--mal
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of surfboard which is similar in shape to a mal (i.e. a malibu, or longboard) but shorter, being perhaps 7 to 8 feet where a mal is about 9 feet (surfboards are always measured in feet, even in metric countries).

Etymology

Etymology tree Italian miniaturabor. English miniature English mini- English mal English mini-mal From mini- + mal.

Inflected Forms

mini-mals (plural)

Questions

What does mini-mal mean?
A type of surfboard which is similar in shape to a mal (i.e. a malibu, or longboard) but shorter, being perhaps 7 to 8 feet where a mal is about 9 feet (surfboards are always measured in feet, even in metric countries).
Where does mini-mal come from?
Etymology tree Italian miniaturabor. English miniature English mini- English mal English mini-mal From mini- + mal.

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