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pre-dreadnought

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables
pre--dread-nought
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A late-19th-century or early-20th-century battleship with a small number of big guns (typically no more than four) and a large number of quick-firing medium-caliber guns. It was made largely obsolete in 1906 by the dreadnought type of battleship.

Etymology

From pre- + dreadnought.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

pre-dreadnoughts (plural) predreadnought (alternative)

Questions

What does pre-dreadnought mean?
A late-19th-century or early-20th-century battleship with a small number of big guns (typically no more than four) and a large number of quick-firing medium-caliber guns. It was made largely obsolete in 1906 by the dreadnought type of battleship.
Where does pre-dreadnought come from?
From pre- + dreadnought.

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