Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

upstruck

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: up-struck
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Protruding upwards.

Example Sentences

"The inventor claims: An umbrella attachment, comprising a tube haying a relatively shallow circumferential groove, a flange located at one side of the groove and having an upstruck peripheral portion, […]"
"[…] an upper cradle, and an intermediate interconnecting leg support, said plate being in the form of a generally rectangular, elongated, sheet metal stamping having a pair of marginal upstruck reinforcing ribs along its side edges […]"

Etymology

From up- + struck.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: up

Frequently Paired Words

upstrike

Questions

What does upstruck mean?: Protruding upwards.
Where does upstruck come from?: From up- + struck.

How to pronounce upstruck

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