waratah
/ˈwɔɹəˌtɐː/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
name
A small town in Waratah-Wynyard council area, north-west Tasmania, Australia.
Example Sentences
- "There are many legends concerning the waratah--Australia's most glorious flower and all her own, for it does not occur in any other part of the world, while its supposed rival, the wattle, is as common in all parts of the Southern Hemisphere as it is in Australia."
- "Acacias in blossom in the distance […]; leafy stipple of light and shade on the leaves, vivid flowers and bitter little fruits, and the waratah, like a blackfellow's firestick, red as a glowing coal."
- "At intervals of half a chain along each cable, 6 ft waratah Y section standards are driven at an angle into the bank to within a few inches of ground level, and the cables secured to them with No. 8 gauge galvanised wire."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈwɔɹəˌtɐː/
- British English: /ˈwɔːɹətɑː/