Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scatter site

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English

Syllables: scat-ter site
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An area of state-sponsored housing used as a shelter for homeless people; such housing is scattered across different parts of a city rather than concentrated in one place.

Example Sentences

"It is designed for single-family use in subdivisions or scatter sites and available as a standardized product […]"
"Living conditions in scatter sites depend largely on landlords' compliance and a little bit of luck."
"Between 1998 and 2005, the number of homeless families sleeping in New York City shelters, purchased hotel rooms ("welfare hotels"), and scatter site housing increased by 95 percent, […]"

Inflected Forms

scatter sites (plural)

Questions

What does scatter site mean?: An area of state-sponsored housing used as a shelter for homeless people; such housing is scattered across different parts of a city rather than concentrated in one place.

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