dambuster
noun
dambuster is spelled D-A-M-B-U-S-T-E-R: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dambuster means “An aircraft used to destroy dams by dropping bombs on them” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dambuster is dambusters.
How many letters and syllables are in dambuster?
| Letters | 9: D-A-M-B-U-S-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 71 million words; the 265,644th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is dambuster?
Dambuster appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dambuster?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-dambuster.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dambuster
- dambusters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dambuster mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
colloquialAn aircraft used to destroy dams by dropping bombs on them.
- 2
colloquialThe pilot of this kind of aircraft.
- 3
colloquialThe type of bomb dropped by this kind of aircraft.
dambuster bombs
- 4
An aircraft or pilot involved in Operation Chastise in 1943.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dambuster come from?
From dam + buster.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).