Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

torpedo-boat destroyer

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables: tor-pe-do-boat de-stroy-er
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Former name of destroyer.

Etymology

From torpedo boat + destroyer. From being a type of combatant originally specialized to counter the newly introduced torpedo boat.

Inflected Forms

torpedo-boat destroyers (plural) torpedo boat destroyer (alternative)

Derived Forms

destroyer

Frequently Paired Words

boat destroyer torpedo

Questions

What does torpedo-boat destroyer mean?: Former name of destroyer.
Where does torpedo-boat destroyer come from?: From torpedo boat + destroyer. From being a type of combatant originally specialized to counter the newly introduced torpedo boat.

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