ramjet

Questions about ramjet

What does ramjet mean?

ramjet means "a simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed".

How many syllables are in ramjet?

ramjet has 2 syllables and divides as ram-jet under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for ramjet?

Close synonyms include ramjet engine, atherodyde, athodyd, flying drainpipe. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ramjet a common word?

ramjet 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.