Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mechanics' institute

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables: me-chan-ic-s' in-sti-tute
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of educational establishment originally formed to provide adult education, particularly in technical subjects, to working men in Victorian-era Britain and its colonies, and often funded by local industrialists.

Inflected Forms

mechanics' institutes (plural)

Synonyms

institute mechanics' institution school of arts

Questions

What does mechanics' institute mean?: A kind of educational establishment originally formed to provide adult education, particularly in technical subjects, to working men in Victorian-era Britain and its colonies, and often funded by local industrialists.

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