Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

submunition

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-mu-ni-tion
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any part of a weapon (typically a bomb or missile) that separates from a parent munition before or during employment.

Example Sentences

"Bellingcat[…] has reviewed some of the pictures collected by the Guardian, confirmed the presence of tail fins of RBK-500 cluster bombs with PTAB-1M submunitions and cluster rocket, launched by BM-30 Smerch."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English munition English submunition From sub- + munition.

Inflected Forms

submunitions (plural)

Questions

What does submunition mean?: Any part of a weapon (typically a bomb or missile) that separates from a parent munition before or during employment.
Where does submunition come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English munition English submunition From sub- + munition.

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