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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tempest in a tea-kettle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English

Syllables
tem-pest in a tea-ket-tle
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of tempest in a teapot.

Inflected Forms

tempests in tea-kettles (plural)

Questions

What does tempest in a tea-kettle mean?
Alternative form of tempest in a teapot.

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