Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

road metal

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.68 in modern English

Syllables: road- met-al
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Hard dark stone crushed into small pieces used in surfacing roads, for ballast in railway tracks, etc.; gravel; blue metal.

Uncountable

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does road metal mean?: Hard dark stone crushed into small pieces used in surfacing roads, for ballast in railway tracks, etc.; gravel; blue metal.

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