Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

negative ice

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English

Syllables: neg-a-tive ice
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shot in which the player curls the stone in the opposite direction in which the stone is expected to curve, due to significant defects in flatness of the ice surface.

Questions

What does negative ice mean?: A shot in which the player curls the stone in the opposite direction in which the stone is expected to curve, due to significant defects in flatness of the ice surface.

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