Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

science fair

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English

Syllables: sci-ence -fair
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A competition in which contestants, usually children, create science-related projects or demonstrations.

Example Sentences

"Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competition by entering Polly in a science fair. So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered defiance of the Queen, a hotheaded schemer whose royal crest reads simply “I hate pirates.”"

Inflected Forms

science fairs (plural)

Questions

What does science fair mean?: A competition in which contestants, usually children, create science-related projects or demonstrations.

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