growler
/ˈɡɹaʊlɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.47 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A kind of jug, often with a handle, used to carry beer and preserve carbonation.
Australian usage; Canadian usage; American usage; Informal
Example Sentences
- "He had evidently studied the driver of a London growler, and produced a good sound readable type of man."
- "The ordinary London growler is considerably less wide than a gentleman's brougham."
- "Lew pulled his socks from a jacket pocket, grabbed his own shoes, and together they proceeded to the street and into a growler, and were off."
- "A great ‘growler’ iceberg was sighted this afternoon at a distance of approximately half a mile; the size of a large London house, more or less."
- "As the cruise ship Explorer was picking its way through the Antarctic sea ice, it hit what experts believe was a "growler" - a huge iceberg shorn from the Antarctic ice shelf."
- "[…] their favoring breeze has the stink of nickel whiskey on its breath, and their sea is a growler of lager and ale […]"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡɹaʊlɚ/
- British English: /ˈɡɹaʊlə/