reload
/ɹiːˈləʊd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An ammunition cartridge prepared from previously fired ammunition.
Example Sentences
- "If you need to reload film, the cassette can be rewound slightly by turning the hub located on one end of its spool."
- "The train has only a short distance left to its destination at Swinden Quarry, where the wagons will be reloaded."
- "Naturally after firing solidly for five minutes without reloading Arnie has wiped out all the bad dudes and thumbs a lift to the nearest town."
- "We're gonna make the stars come out tonight. So why don't you reload,reload, re reload the music?"
- "[Verse 2:Kano]:[…]Mad, reload ting. Pop, pop, pop that's a reload ting. And when I say "It's Kano in the house", everybody knows that's a reload ting."
- "Each reload of the weapon took about 30 seconds."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English load English reload From re- + load.