Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

purse seine

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables: purse -seine
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fishing seine consisting of a purse cable which acts as a draw string for the bottom of the net allowing entire schools of fish to be enclosed and brought up.

Inflected Forms

purse seines (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

anchor seine Danish seine

Questions

What does purse seine mean?: A fishing seine consisting of a purse cable which acts as a draw string for the bottom of the net allowing entire schools of fish to be enclosed and brought up.

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