Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

natural disaster

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables: nat-u-ral dis-as-ter
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any natural phenomenon that causes great damage and loss of life.

noun

The emergency situation that is the consequence of such an event.

Inflected Forms

natural disasters (plural)

Phrases

disaster area

Frequently Paired Words

disaster area

Questions

What does natural disaster mean?: Any natural phenomenon that causes great damage and loss of life.

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