pencil-thin
/ˌpɛns(ə)l ˈθɪn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Pencil-Thin Treillage must be made of a metal that flows evenly and fully into every part of intricate molds."
- "She would melt the bits of paraffin and make pencil-thin candles so that she, her daughters, and daughters-in-law could kindle the Sabbath candles and welcome the Sabbath with the number of candles they were accustomed to light in the pre-Hitler days."
- "Pencil-thin, cigarette-wielding women swayed to the rhythm of jazz bands, and unprecedented quantities of wine were consumed."
- "I learned that all the stretching, pulling, and lifting in the world couldn't make me pencil thin like the teenage models I was supposed to look like."
- "This special foodstuff is the pod of an unusual legume. It resembles a snap bean except for one singular fact: it is pencil-thin and as much as a meter long. Often called yardlong bean in English, these green to pale-green pods are tender, stringless, succulent, and sweet."
- "The dancers playing the role of conquistadors wore wire fencing masks that had been painted with long pointed Spanish faces; black, pencil-thin mustaches that curled slightly at the ends; blue eyes; long, thin European noses and thin mouths."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌpɛns(ə)l ˈθɪn/
- British English: /ˌpɛns(ə)l ˈθɪn/