hybrid
Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.
Noun 2 meanings
Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.
Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.
Adjective 3 meanings
Of or composed of mixed origin or composition.
“a hybrid mix of jazz and punk”
Of a car, running on both fuel (gasoline or diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).
Involving both 2D and 3D animation.
Etymology
From Latin hybrida, a variant of hibrida (“a mongrel; specifically, an offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar”). Attested since 1601, but rare before c. 1850.
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HYBRID at a glance
HYBRID has 6 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (H 4 + Y 4 + B 3 + R 1 + I 1 + D 2) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,878 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with hybrid
All rhymes- GRID6
- ARID5
- HORRID10
- LURID6
- PUTRID9
- TORRID7
- FLORID10
- ACRID8
- SEMIARID11
- IMIDACLOPRID20
- MICROGRID15
- MURID8
One letter away
- HYBRIS14
- CYBRID14
- HYDRID14
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