Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chime whistle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English

Syllables: chime whis-tle
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A steam whistle with at least two simultaneous tones.

Example Sentences

"With a toot on her chime whistle, No. 6 set her 3 ft. 9 in. drivers [driving wheels] turning and we were off round the curve through Pennyburn works."

Inflected Forms

chime whistles (plural)

Questions

What does chime whistle mean?: A steam whistle with at least two simultaneous tones.

How to pronounce chime whistle

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