blockading

1. 1.

   blocking entrance to and exit from seaports and harbors

   “the blockading ships prevented delivery of munitions”

   Similarpreventive

Questions about blockading

What does blockading mean?

blockading means "blocking entrance to and exit from seaports and harbors".

How many syllables are in blockading?

blockading has 3 syllables: bloc-ka-ding. The stress falls on "ka". In IPA it is /ˌblɑˈkeɪdɪŋ/.

Is blockading a common word?

blockading is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.