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phony war

pho·ny war
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [foh-nee wawr]
    • /ˈfoʊ ni wɔr/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [foh-nee wawr]
    • /ˈfoʊ ni wɔr/

Definitions of phony war words

  • noun phony war (in wartime) a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II 0
  • noun phony war (in peacetime) a contrived embattled atmosphere; mock war 0
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Parts of speech for Phony war

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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phony war popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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