Definitions for albatross

albatross al·ba·tross

Spelling: [al-buh-traws, -tros]
IPA: /ˈæl bəˌtrɔs, -ˌtrɒs/

Albatross is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 415 anagrams from letters in albatross (aablorsst).

Definitions for albatross

noun

  1. any of several large, web-footed sea birds of the family Diomedeidae that have the ability to remain aloft for long periods. Compare wandering albatross.
  2. a seemingly inescapable moral or emotional burden, as of guilt or responsibility.
  3. something burdensome that impedes action or progress.
  4. Textiles. a lightweight worsted fabric with a crepe or pebble finish. a plain-weave cotton fabric with a soft nap surface.

Origin of albatross

1675-85; variant of algatross frigate bird Portuguese alcatraz pelican, probably Arabic al-ghaṭṭāṣ a kind of sea eagle, literally, the diver; -b- for -g- perhaps by association with Latin alb

Examples for albatross

It was tough when I was younger; it was like an albatross on my back but I just found a way to navigate it.

The albatross is a knowing bird, or he would not follow vessels for weeks.

Only once, too, did we catch an albatross, the bird of the Southern Ocean.

Age has become the albatross hanging on the neck of a generation of would-be mothers.

The Chameleon flies like an albatross—she is already the devil knows where.

The albatross soon after wore ship, and stood to the westward.

But the Ryan budget could become an albatross in the negotiations over the fiscal cliff.

Then the albatross steers out to sea to try his luck elsewhere.

Note to Sting: An “albatross” in this context is more like “tens of thousands of dollars of student loan debt.”

The deal reached to end the shutdown did nothing to address the albatross of unpredictability.

Word Value for albatross
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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