Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

personal protective equipment

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables: per-son-al pro-tec-tive e-quip-ment
IPA

49

Scrabble Score

27

Letters

7

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Clothing, helmets, goggles, and other garments and equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury, poison, or infection.

Inflected Forms

PPE (alternative, initialism)

Questions

What does personal protective equipment mean?: Clothing, helmets, goggles, and other garments and equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury, poison, or infection.

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