Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rootball

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables: root-ball
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The mass of roots and associated soil that comes up with a plant lifted from the soil or from a container.

Etymology

From root + ball.

Inflected Forms

rootballs (plural) root ball (alternative)

Questions

What does rootball mean?: The mass of roots and associated soil that comes up with a plant lifted from the soil or from a container.
Where does rootball come from?: From root + ball.

How to pronounce rootball

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