caoutchouc
/ˈkaʊt͡ʃʊk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Many a passer-by thought Miss Arundel was listening to some subject of most touching interest: his Lordship was only detailing the benefit he derived one wet day from his caoutchouc cloak."
- "The Automaton can plainly, at the will of the casual spectator, speak any sentence or words, in any language, sing, whisper, laugh, &c.; the organs of articulation are formed of caoutchouc—exactly resembling those appertaing(sic) to humanity...."
- "Resin, pitch, sealing-wax, caoutchouc, sulphur, gutta-percha, and generally all bodies commonly termed resinous, besides a great variety of others, will be found to acquire, after friction, the power of attracting light bodies, and hence will be said, according to a limitation of terms already accepted, to be in an electrized or electrified state ."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French