Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shellfire

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables: shell-fire
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Artillery bombardment.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"We were pinned down by shellfire. If the artillery hadn't run out of shells to shoot at us we would have been wiped out."

Etymology

From shell + fire.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

shellfires (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

shell

Questions

What does shellfire mean?: Artillery bombardment.
Where does shellfire come from?: From shell + fire.

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