Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

smoke-detector

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables: smoke-de-tec-tor
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of smoke detector.

Example Sentences

"W. O. Blaze patented a cleaner and smoke-detector, and Mr. Goodnight has to his credit a fire-extinguisher."
"Meanwhile at the Conference Centre three fire-engines have screamed up. Not, for once, a student smoking in a bedroom: this time a cloud of thunderflies has chosen to swarm on the pearly-pink just-warm globe of a smoke-detector."
"Leading Fireman McCarthy stressed the importance of fitting smoke-detectors wherever possible."
"A third display showed how quickly a three-piece suite could go up in flames, which was designed by the fire brigade to highlight the benefits of fitting smoke-detectors."
"Without early warning of impending regulations and trigger points there is a danger that the chaos around the regulations on interlinked smoke-detectors could be repeated."

Inflected Forms

smoke-detectors (plural)

Questions

What does smoke-detector mean?: Alternative form of smoke detector.

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