Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glue-boiler

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables
glue-boil-er
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A specialized profession practised in the developed world up to the early twentieth century that made, from particularly cattle bones, the adhesives used in for instance paperwork, bookbinding, joinery, ivory inlay.

Etymology

From glue + boil + -er.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

glue-boilers (plural) glueboiler (alternative) glue boiler (alternative)

Questions

What does glue-boiler mean?
A specialized profession practised in the developed world up to the early twentieth century that made, from particularly cattle bones, the adhesives used in for instance paperwork, bookbinding, joinery, ivory inlay.
Where does glue-boiler come from?
From glue + boil + -er.

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