Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spar torpedo

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.91 in modern English

Syllables: spar -tor-pe-do
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A weapon consisting of a bomb placed at the end of a long pole, or spar, attached to a boat, and used by ramming the end of the spar into an enemy ship before detonating the bomb.

Inflected Forms

spar torpedoes (plural) spar torpedos (plural)

Questions

What does spar torpedo mean?: A weapon consisting of a bomb placed at the end of a long pole, or spar, attached to a boat, and used by ramming the end of the spar into an enemy ship before detonating the bomb.

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