Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whitewater rafting

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables: white-wa-ter raft-ing
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Traveling by raft through a section of a river which is churning with rapids, as for sport or adventurism.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Scheduled, too, during the tour . . . is a visit to Big Bend Country, where jagged canyons cutting among towering limestone cliffs offer whitewater rafting on the Rio Grande."
"Karleigh had been on a six-week African adventure holiday when she went whitewater rafting on the treacherous Zambesi River rapids."
"Apart from ice hockey and football, Lavrov is said to be happiest going white water rafting and fishing with friends in Siberia."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

white-water rafting (alternative) white water rafting (alternative)

Questions

What does whitewater rafting mean?: Traveling by raft through a section of a river which is churning with rapids, as for sport or adventurism.

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