Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

twin-ship

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables: twin--ship
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of twinship (“the condition of being a twin”).

Uncountable

noun

Alternative form of twinship (“either of a pair of ships”).

Example Sentences

"Engel suggests that twins might exploit the narcissistic advantages of twin-ship precisely to avoid negotiating the Oedipus conflict."
"All classes of Her Majesty's subjects, chief constructors at shipbuilding yards, artists, medical men, clergymen, lawyers, ladies, crowd the columns of the newspapers, and all with the same story, the absence of sea-sickness on board the twin-ship, owing to the absence of pitching, and the very slight rolling or tremulous motion experienced."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

twin-ships (plural)

Questions

What does twin-ship mean?: Alternative form of twinship (“the condition of being a twin”).

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