Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rainfed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables: rain-fed
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Supplied with water by rain (only).

Example Sentences

"Water started to come down from here and there on the high bank, streamlets big as a finger, mere dripdrops, mistfalls that evaporated halfway to the surface of the river – these can't be rainfed, not here – […]"

Etymology

From rain + fed.

Questions

What does rainfed mean?: Supplied with water by rain (only).
Where does rainfed come from?: From rain + fed.

How to pronounce rainfed

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