Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ray-bans

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables: ray-bans
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Luxury sunglasses of the Ray-Ban brand.

Example Sentences

"She was wearing Ray-Bans and a bright pink bathing suit and in her other hand had what was probably meant to be a pina colada."
"By 2010, the Ray-Bans had become so closely associated with Biden that President Obama was mentioning them at campaign rallies."
"Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul wears a pair of Ray-Bans during an April 18 campaign stop in New Hampshire."
"But as the long-sealed door between Cuba and the United States cracks open, Cubans are clamoring not just for clothes or medicine but for the iPhone 6 and Ray-Bans and Nikes."
"During his trial, the public seemed as interested in Rocky’s cinematic courtroom outfits as the details being argued. Throughout the ordeal, he almost always wore Ray-Bans, perhaps nodding to the job awaiting him once he cleared his judicial hurdle."

Etymology

From Ray-Ban + -s, from ray + ban, derived from the ability of these glasses to limit the ingress of either ultra-violet or infra-red rays of light.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: w:Ray-Ban

Questions

What does ray-bans mean?: Luxury sunglasses of the Ray-Ban brand.
Where does ray-bans come from?: From Ray-Ban + -s, from ray + ban, derived from the ability of these glasses to limit the ingress of either ultra-violet or infra-red rays of light.

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