Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

limber

/ˈlɪmbə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.45 in modern English

Syllables: lim-ber
IPA: /ˈlɪmbə(ɹ)/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Flexible, pliant, bendable.

verb

To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.

Transitive verb

noun

A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece may be attached for transport. (Some versions have built-in storage bins for ammunition. Either the limber itself or the ammunition box may also be called a caisson.)

noun

The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.

noun

Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well.

verb

To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.)

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"He's so limber that he can kiss his knee without bending it."
"Not yet the bargeman that doth rowe / with long and limber oare"
"This is a very complicated case, Maude. A lot of ins, a lot of outs. Fortunately, I'm adhering to a pretty strict drug regimen to keep my mind limber."
"Her stiff hams, that have not been bent to a civility for ten years past, are now limbered into courtesies three deep at every word"
"Go back to the Island and limber up with a few drafts."
"An' when the smoke 'ad cleared away, before the limber wheels, / There lay the Driver's Brother with 'is 'ead between 'is 'eels."

Etymology

Unknown; possibly related to limb or limp + -er, as seen in clever, slipper (“slippery”), waker (“alert”), etc.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: -er

Usage

Inflected Forms

limberer (comparative) limberest (superlative) limbers (present, singular) limbering (participle, present) limbered (participle, past) limbered (past) limbers (plural)

Derived Forms

limberly limberneck limberness limbersome

Phrases

limber as a dishrag limber honeysuckle limber tail limber tail syndrome limber up

Frequently Paired Words

carriage gun carriage caisson

Synonyms

supple limber up

Antonyms

unlimber

Rhymes With

timber timbre kimber imber imba nimber

Questions

How do you pronounce limber?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɪmbə(ɹ)/.
What does limber mean?: Flexible, pliant, bendable.
Where does limber come from?: Unknown; possibly related to limb or limp + -er, as seen in clever, slipper (“slippery”), waker (“alert”), etc.

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