Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spadeless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spade-less
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without a spade.

Example Sentences

"He of the spare spade, would not lend it to the man who had none, because he had a large garden which he wanted the spadeless man to help to dig […]"

Etymology

From spade + -less.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: spade

Questions

What does spadeless mean?: Without a spade.
Where does spadeless come from?: From spade + -less.

How to pronounce spadeless

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