Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

belts and suspenders

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

Syllables
belt-s and -sus-penders
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does belts and suspenders mean?
plural of belt and suspenders

How to pronounce belts and suspenders

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