Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

morainic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables: morainic
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to a moraine.

Example Sentences

"The interior consisted largely of the vast lines of morainic stones which marked the stages of retreat of the last northern ice cap."

Etymology

From moraine + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: moraine

Derived Forms

extramorainic intermorainic intramorainic nonmorainic

Phrases

morainic delta

Questions

What does morainic mean?: Pertaining to a moraine.
Where does morainic come from?: From moraine + -ic.

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