Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sheltery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: shel-tery
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Giving shelter, acting as a shelter.

Example Sentences

"They spend their winters under the warm and sheltery shores of Gibraltar and Barbary."

Etymology

From shelter + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: shelter

Inflected Forms

more sheltery (comparative) most sheltery (superlative)

Questions

What does sheltery mean?: Giving shelter, acting as a shelter.
Where does sheltery come from?: From shelter + -y.

How to pronounce sheltery

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