Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scissors-glasses

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables
scis-sors--glass-es
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

From scissors + glasses.

Inflected Forms

scissors glasses (alternative)

Synonyms

Questions

What does scissors-glasses mean?
eyeglasses with scissoring stems, used for distance vision
Where does scissors-glasses come from?
From scissors + glasses.

How to pronounce scissors-glasses

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