Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ten-speed

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.72 in modern English

Syllables: ten-speed
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having ten gears.

noun

A bicycle having ten gears.

Example Sentences

"Shops had waiting lists for customers wanting to buy Healing ten-speeds at $237. Morrison countered with the Olympus ten-speed, released in 1974, and the more upmarket Monark."

Inflected Forms

ten-speeds (plural)

Questions

What does ten-speed mean?: Having ten gears.

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