different between sunk vs unsinkable

sunk

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /s??k/
  • Rhymes: -??k

Verb

sunk

  1. past participle of sink
  2. (dialectal) past tense of sink
    • Jonathan Swift
      He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight.

See also

  • sank

sunk From the web:

  • what sunk the lusitania
  • what sunk the bismarck
  • what sunk the yamato
  • what sank the titanic
  • what sunk the uss maine
  • what sunk the britannic
  • what sunk the edmund fitzgerald
  • what sunk the uss arizona


unsinkable

English

Etymology

From un- +? sink +? -able.

Adjective

unsinkable (comparative more unsinkable, superlative most unsinkable)

  1. Of a ship: that cannot be sunk.
  2. (figuratively) That cannot be overcome or defeated.

Translations

unsinkable From the web:

+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share

you may also like