Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sports bra

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English

Syllables: sport-s bra
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of bra that is more supportive than an everyday bra, worn when practising sports or other physical activities.

Example Sentences

"secure a uniboob-generating, restrain-and-flatten style sports bra"
"Finally, in 1977[…]the sports bra as we know it was invented[…] That first sports bra was simply two jockstraps sewn together."

Inflected Forms

sports bras (plural)

Questions

What does sports bra mean?: A type of bra that is more supportive than an everyday bra, worn when practising sports or other physical activities.

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