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monoski

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
monos-ki
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A variant of a downhill skiing/alpine skiing ski, that is very wide, allowing for both right and left ski boots to the attached to the same ski, with a doubled-up set of bindings, placed side-by-side. It has the appearance of an extremely wide ski or narrow alpine snowboard, though with binding mounting locations similar to that of a regular ski.

noun

A type of sitski with a single ski, used by wheelchair-bound skiers in downhill skiing and para-alpine. It is paired with outriggers, ski poles that have skis attached to the bottom, instead of the pick/spike, to function as outrigger runners for the skier sitting in the monoski.

verb

To use a monoski; to participate in monoskiing.

Etymology

From mono- + ski.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

monoskis (plural) monoskis (present, singular) monoskiing (participle, present) monoskied (participle, past) monoskied (past)

Frequently Paired Words

monoskiing monoskier biski

Synonyms

uniski

Questions

What does monoski mean?
A variant of a downhill skiing/alpine skiing ski, that is very wide, allowing for both right and left ski boots to the attached to the same ski, with a doubled-up set of bindings, placed side-by-side. It has the appearance of an extremely wide ski or narrow alpine snowboard, though with binding mounting locations similar to that of a regular ski.
Where does monoski come from?
From mono- + ski.

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