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seaplane carrier

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables
sea-plane -car-ri-er
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of warship, a form of seaplane tender and an early variety of aircraft carrier, which carries seaplanes onboard, and can launch and retrieve them, as well as tend to them.

Inflected Forms

seaplane carriers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does seaplane carrier mean?
A type of warship, a form of seaplane tender and an early variety of aircraft carrier, which carries seaplanes onboard, and can launch and retrieve them, as well as tend to them.

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