thermometer
/θɚˈmɑ.mɪ.tɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction."
- "On the wall were hanging thermometers, barometers, and hydrometers, and every other sort of ometer, numberless, dusty, and mysterious; […]"
- "Elsewhere, professionals could enthuse over new precision instruments capable, for instance, of measuring weights down to a tenth of a milligram, or over a host of self-registering thermometers and barometers, microscopes, typewriters, calculators and all sorts of technical and musical devices, including automatic concertinas, edeophones, auto-harps, bigophones and other long-forgotten objects."
- "The brothers had thrust the thermometer between two circuit boards in order to look for hot spots inside m zero. The thermometer’s dial was marked “Beef Rare—Ham—Beef Med—Pork.” “You want to keep the machine below ‘Pork,’” Gregory remarked."
- "There are, of course, smart speakers (which roughly a quarter of American homes have) and smart thermostats, as well as smart thermometers, smart mattress covers, smart coffee makers, smart doorbells, and even, yes, smart toasters."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: *gʷʰer-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /θɚˈmɑ.mɪ.tɚ/
- British English: /θəˈmɒm.ɪ.tə/
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
absolute thermometer
adjustable contact
air-temperature thermometer
air thermometer
alcohol thermometer
auxiliary thermometer
bath thermometer
Beckmann differential thermometer