Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sponson

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables: spon-son
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A projection from the side of an aircraft, watercraft, or land vehicle.

verb

To mount on a projection on the side of a vessel.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits ; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous,[…]."
"The belted cruiser Pamiat Azova or Remembrance of Azoff, is 377 feet long. She is an improved Dmitri Dontskoi, and carries her two 8-inch guns in sponsoned barbettes on either broadside"

Etymology

Perhaps from expansion.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

sponsons (plural) sponsing (alternative) sponsons (present, singular) sponsoning (participle, present) sponsoned (participle, past) sponsoned (past)

Questions

What does sponson mean?: A projection from the side of an aircraft, watercraft, or land vehicle.
Where does sponson come from?: Perhaps from expansion.

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