Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spacewalker

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English

Syllables: space-walk-er
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An astronaut engaging in a space walk or other activity outside the spacecraft.

Example Sentences

"NASA has spacewalkers periodically look at their gloves, since the discovery of a cut in a glove used by an astronaut during the last shuttle mission."
"Mr. Clooney, as a veteran spacewalker, with his resonant voice and folksy yarns, seems to be channeling every imperturbable astronaut you ever heard speaking from on high."

Etymology

From space + walker. Analyzable as spacewalk + -er.

Inflected Forms

spacewalkers (plural)

Questions

What does spacewalker mean?: An astronaut engaging in a space walk or other activity outside the spacecraft.
Where does spacewalker come from?: From space + walker. Analyzable as spacewalk + -er.

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