Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

safety school

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.90 in modern English

Syllables: safe-ty school
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The least desired among the colleges and universities that one applies to for admission, chosen as a contingency in case one is rejected from all others.

American usage; Colloquial

Usage

American usage
Colloquial

Inflected Forms

safety schools (plural)

Questions

What does safety school mean?: The least desired among the colleges and universities that one applies to for admission, chosen as a contingency in case one is rejected from all others.

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