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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

surface-to-air missile

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English

Syllables
sur-face--to-air mis-sile
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A ground-based anti-aircraft missile.

Inflected Forms

surface-to-air missiles (plural)

Derived Forms

SAM

Phrases

air-to-air missile air-to-surface missile surface-to-surface missile

Frequently Paired Words

air-to-air missile air-to-surface missile surface-to-surface missile

Synonyms

sam

Questions

What does surface-to-air missile mean?
A ground-based anti-aircraft missile.

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