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terracette

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ter-racette
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of landform, a ridge on a hillside formed when saturated soil particles expand, then contract as they dry, causing them to move slowly downhill.

Etymology

From terrace + -ette.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

terracettes (plural)

Phrases

downhill creep

Frequently Paired Words

downhill creep

Synonyms

catstep sheeptrack

Questions

What does terracette mean?
A type of landform, a ridge on a hillside formed when saturated soil particles expand, then contract as they dry, causing them to move slowly downhill.
Where does terracette come from?
From terrace + -ette.

How to pronounce terracette

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