Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

torpedo ram

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: tor-pe-do ram
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A warship designed to sink enemy vessels using a combination of torpedo (self-propelled naval weapon) fire and ramming.

Example Sentences

"When his eyes were clear again, he saw the monster had passed and was rushing landward. Big iron upper-works rose out of this headlong structure, and from that twin funnels projected, and spat a smoking blast shot with fire into the air. It was the torpedo-ram, Thunder Child, steaming headlong, coming to the rescue of the threatened shipping."

Inflected Forms

torpedo rams (plural) torpedo-ram (alternative)

Questions

What does torpedo ram mean?: A warship designed to sink enemy vessels using a combination of torpedo (self-propelled naval weapon) fire and ramming.

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