Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

red ant

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables: red ant
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various red-coloured ants.

noun

Any of various red-coloured ants.

American usage

noun

Any of various red-coloured ants.

Australian usage

noun

Any of various red-coloured ants.

noun

Any of various red-coloured ants.

noun

Any of various red-coloured ants.

noun

Any of various red-coloured ants.

Example Sentences

"Breakfast was the white heart of a sand palm – succulent and bitter-sweet – and for ‘jam’ we ate bush apples and red ants with green bottoms that were so full of vitamin C they tasted like stings."

Usage

American usage
Australian usage

Inflected Forms

red ants (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

black ant fire ant white ant

Questions

What does red ant mean?: Any of various red-coloured ants.

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