Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trenchful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: trench-ful
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An amount sufficient to fill a trench.

Example Sentences

"Sometimes a trenchful of the enemy would fire a volley and half of them disappear through gullies leading to other cover."
"Whole trenchesful of victims have been found by the Bulgarians."

Etymology

From trench + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: trench

Inflected Forms

trenchfuls (plural) trenchesful (plural)

Questions

What does trenchful mean?: An amount sufficient to fill a trench.
Where does trenchful come from?: From trench + -ful.

How to pronounce trenchful

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