scanner
/ˈskænɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who scans.
noun
A device which scans barcodes or QR codes for the purpose of charging a customer, performing a price check or enquiry, printing a price label or sticker, checking an item in or out of the store or warehouse, or finding an item ordered through click and collect and its corresponding location; a pricing gun or HHT.
noun
A radio receiver which iterates through a sequence of frequencies to detect signal.
Example Sentences
- "It is, perhaps, too much to assume that an elderly Melville read James, but he was an eager scanner of magazines and did read fiction in his later years."
- "He put the picture in the scanner, then e-mailed a copy of it to his family."
- "Chorban: I'm using a small scanner to gather readings on the keepers. Chorban: So far, I've had mixed results. I find it difficult to get near the creatures."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Italic *skandō Latin scandōbor. Middle English scanden Middle English scanne English scan Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English scanner From scan + -er.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈskænɚ/
- British English: /ˈskænə/