Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bailer

/bˈeɪlɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: bail-er
IPA: /bˈeɪlɚ/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who bails or lades.

noun

A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit.

noun

Alternative form of bailor.

noun

A delivery that heads towards the bails after pitching.

Dated

noun

A delivery in which the ball hits one or both bails but does not dislodge them.

Dated

name

Example Sentences

"[…] he had them help him fashion a mast from the sweep and attach wire stays to it and tear the jib to the shape he desired and make a bailer from canvas and wire and bent wood."
"Two bits was the top price that old Jenny knew. She asked two bits for everything she had to sell, were it canoe-bailer, eagle's wing, cedar-bark basket or woven mat."

Etymology

From bail + -er.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Bailer

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

bailers (plural)

Phrases

gill bailer

Homonyms

baylor bailor

Rhymes With

taylor trailer sailor tailor baylor mailer scalar inhaler naylor jailer whaler saylor

Questions

How do you pronounce bailer?: The recorded pronunciation is /bˈeɪlɚ/.
What does bailer mean?: One who bails or lades.
Where does bailer come from?: It is traced to German.

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