magnet
/ˈmæɡ.nɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.73 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
noun
Ellipsis of magnet link.
Example Sentences
- "He always had a girl on his arm – he's a bit of a babe magnet."
- "Iron and coal were the magnets that drew railways to this land of lovely valleys and silent mountains—for such it was a century-and-a-half ago, before man blackened the valleys with the smoke of his forges, scarred the green hills with his shafts and waste-heaps, and drove the salmon from the quiet Rhondda and the murmuring Taff."
- "Again, dude? Man, you just a MAGNET for trouble!"
- "[…] I wanted to show Nick the largest of the water holes, Rigueik, that act as magnets to life in the dry season."
- "Regular baths will help keep your dog clean and fresh-smelling. The frequency will depend entirely on your own preferences as well as how much of a mud-magnet your dog is!"
- "Magnets are thus used to create a package of cryptologic information and bundling^([sic]) it together."
Etymology
Etymology tree Old French magnetebor. Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs) Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Latin magnēsbor. Middle English magnete English magnet From Middle English magnete, via Old French magnete, Latin magnēs, magnētem (“lodestone”), from Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις [λίθος] (magnêtis [líthos], “Magnesian [stone]”), either after the Lydian city Magnesia ad Sipylum (modern-day Manisa, Turkey), or after the Greek region of Μαγνησία (Magnēsía) (whence came the colonists who founded the city in Lydia). Related to manganese, magnesia and magnesium.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: magnete, magnēs
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmæɡ.nɪt/
- British English: /ˈmæɡ.nɪt/