Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bone-chilling

/ˈboʊnˌtʃɪl.ɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.62 in modern English

Syllables: bone-chilling
IPA: /ˈboʊnˌtʃɪl.ɪŋ/

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very cold.

adj

Causing great terror or horror; blood-curdling.

Example Sentences

"I arrived on a day of this last cold bone-chilling month of December."
"They went out on to Seventh Avenue. The rain had stopped, but 'Hawkins', the bone-chilling wind from the north which the negroes greet with a reverent 'Hawkins is here', had come instead to keep the streets free of their usual crowds."
"Ever since that bone-chilling post-Super Bowl two-parter […] Reid just can't say no to drugs."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈboʊnˌtʃɪl.ɪŋ/
British English: /ˈbəʊnˌtʃɪl.ɪŋ/

Inflected Forms

more bone-chilling (comparative) most bone-chilling (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

chilly frosty nippy

Questions

How do you pronounce bone-chilling?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈboʊnˌtʃɪl.ɪŋ/.
What does bone-chilling mean?: Very cold.

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