Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rakeful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rake-ful
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A portion of something raked up.

Example Sentences

"The boys would heave rakefuls of the sodden plant life over the wooden frame into the truck bed."

Etymology

From rake + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: rake

Inflected Forms

rakefuls (plural)

Questions

What does rakeful mean?: A portion of something raked up.
Where does rakeful come from?: From rake + -ful.

How to pronounce rakeful

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