Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

war elephant

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables: war ele-phant
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any elephant trained and guided by humans for combat.

Example Sentences

"During the Second Punic War, 218-201 BCE, Hannibal trekked 37 war elephants across the Alps from what is now Spain into Italy."

Inflected Forms

war elephants (plural)

Questions

What does war elephant mean?: Any elephant trained and guided by humans for combat.

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