Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fish tape

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables: fish -tape
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A long strip of stiff metal, frequently kept on a spool, used to guide or draw wires and cables through a building.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The installers attempted to thread the fish tape through the conduit, but were unable to reach around the tight bend in the tube."

Etymology

From fish (“to get hold of an object”) + tape.

Usage

Inflected Forms

fish tapes (plural)

Questions

What does fish tape mean?: A long strip of stiff metal, frequently kept on a spool, used to guide or draw wires and cables through a building.
Where does fish tape come from?: From fish (“to get hold of an object”) + tape.

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