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wh-island

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

Syllables
wh-is-land
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An island (phrase from which a wh-word cannot be extracted) created by an embedded sentence that is a dependent clause introduced by a wh-word.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

wh-islands (plural)

Questions

What does wh-island mean?
An island (phrase from which a wh-word cannot be extracted) created by an embedded sentence that is a dependent clause introduced by a wh-word.

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