Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ridgeback

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables: ridge-back
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of three breeds of dog with a distinctive ridge of hair that runs against the grain of the rest of the coat along the spine: the Rhodesian Ridgeback, the Phu Quoc Ridgeback and the Thai Ridgeback.

Etymology

From ridge + back.

Inflected Forms

ridgebacks (plural)

Questions

What does ridgeback mean?: Any of three breeds of dog with a distinctive ridge of hair that runs against the grain of the rest of the coat along the spine: the Rhodesian Ridgeback, the Phu Quoc Ridgeback and the Thai Ridgeback.
Where does ridgeback come from?: From ridge + back.

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