Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

superfortress

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables
su-per-fortress
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A massive and heavily protected fortress.

noun

A bomber aeroplane that is larger than and superior to by being technically advanced compared to the Boeing B-17 "flying fortress", specifically the Boeing B-29 long-range heavy bomber aeroplane that was developed during the early 1940s.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From super- + fortress.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

superfortresses (plural)

Questions

What does superfortress mean?
A massive and heavily protected fortress.
Where does superfortress come from?
From super- + fortress.

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