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battened down

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables
bat-tened -down
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of batten down

Questions

What does battened down mean?
simple past and past participle of batten down

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