Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

horse power

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.69 in modern English

Syllables: horse pow-er
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of machines that used draft horses as a source of power to an output shaft or sheave. Treadmill types and merry-go-round–like types existed.

noun

Alternative spelling of horsepower (“unit of power equaling 745 watts or similar figure”).

Archaic

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: motive effort supplied by one or more horses.

Example Sentences

"In that era, they powered their corn sheller and their thresher with a horse power."
"In the 1920s through 1940s, the push for power farming aimed to replace horse power with tractor power on the farm."

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

horse powers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

horse-power horsepower donkey engine water engine wind engine watermill windmill donkey power

Synonyms

horse engine

Questions

What does horse power mean?: Any of a class of machines that used draft horses as a source of power to an output shaft or sheave. Treadmill types and merry-go-round–like types existed.

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