Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trencher

/ˈtɹɛnt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables
trencher
IPA
/ˈtɹɛnt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plate on which food is served or cut.

Archaic

noun

Someone who trenches; especially, one who cuts or digs ditches.

noun

A machine for digging trenches.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English trenchour, from Anglo-Norman trenchour and Old Northern French trencheor (French tranchoir), from trenchier (“to cut, to carve”). See trench (verb).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: trenchour, trencheor

Usage

Inflected Forms

trenchers (plural)

Derived Forms

trencherful trencherlike trenchermaker trencherman trencherwoman

Phrases

fruit-trencher lick-trencher spin the trencher trencher cap trencher-fed trencher fly trencher friend trencher-man

Frequently Paired Words

entrenching tool

Rhymes With

adventure venture indenture denture misadventure debenture bencher quencher rencher clencher laventure

Questions

How do you pronounce trencher?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɹɛnt͡ʃə(ɹ)/.
What does trencher mean?
A plate on which food is served or cut.
Where does trencher come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce trencher

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