Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vapour

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.02 in modern English

Syllables: vapour
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

British standard spelling of vapor.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

British standard spelling of vapor.

Example Sentences

"A mild vapour is thrown out, and not a hot steam; the invention appears to control the amount of the vapor, and and ^([sic]) even the force of the fire which produces it."

Usage

Inflected Forms

vapours (plural) vapours (present, singular) vapouring (participle, present) vapoured (participle, past) vapoured (past)

Derived Forms

hardvapour vaporous vapourer vapourisation vapourish vapourization vapourize vapourless vapourlike vapourware vapoury

Phrases

vapour trail

Synonyms

vaporization vaporisation vapor evaporation

Questions

What does vapour mean?: British standard spelling of vapor.

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