Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thoroughpass

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thor-ough-pass
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A connected passage; conduit or channel.

noun

A way through; thoroughfare.

Example Sentences

"Kharagpur serves a as thoroughpass for raw materials as well as for products passing through different parts of the country as it is an important transport node."
"[…] the Bridge of Athlone over the River Shannon, the greatest thoroughpass in Ireland, has been long in a most narrow, dangerous and dilapidated state, […]"
"Eventually they came out onto Hunter Avenue, a main thoroughpass segregating Hollywood's blue-collar district from the ritzier multimillion-dollar homes."

Etymology

From thorough- + pass.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: thorough

Inflected Forms

thoroughpasses (plural)

Questions

What does thoroughpass mean?: A connected passage; conduit or channel.
Where does thoroughpass come from?: From thorough- + pass.

How to pronounce thoroughpass

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