Definitions for eelgrass

eelgrass eel·grass

Spelling: [eel-gras, -grahs]
IPA: /ˈilˌgræs, -ˌgrɑs/

Eelgrass is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 268 anagrams from letters in eelgrass (aeeglrss).

Definitions for eelgrass

noun

  1. a grasslike marine plant, Zostera marina, having ribbonlike leaves.
  2. tape grass.

Origin of eelgrass

An Americanism dating back to 1780-90; eel + grass

Examples for eelgrass

Soon he was in the edge of the eelgrass and "catching crabs," first on one side, then on the other.

Then in the eelgrass there was a funny isopod, called Caprella.

The sides of the vessel below the water line were incrusted with barnacles and eelgrass fully six inches thick!

The eelgrass of the river was supposed to yield eels in a similar fashion.

Young lobsters have also been found in eelgrass and on sandy bottoms in shallow water.

Word Value for eelgrass
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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