Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ometer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables: ome-ter
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A measuring instrument.

Humorous

Example Sentences

"On the wall were hanging thermometers, barometers, and hydrometers, and every other sort of ometer, numberless, dusty, and mysterious; […]"
"Oh, that some one would invent an ometer which, hung over the heart and lungs, might decide when a man ought to stop brain work. The man who invented such an ometer would make a fortune for himself […]"
"We have thermometers to tell the heat and barometers to tell the air and 'ometers hung in the engine-room to tell the pressure of steam, and 'ometers to gauge and measure almost everything."

Etymology

From -ometer.

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

ometers (plural)

Questions

What does ometer mean?: A measuring instrument.
Where does ometer come from?: From -ometer.

How to pronounce ometer

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