Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

piner

/pˈaɪnɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: pin-er
IPA: /pˈaɪnɚ/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete

noun

An animal or creature starving or suffering from a wasting disease.

noun

Someone who is pining for something.

noun

A labourer, especially a turf cutter.

noun

Someone who fells Huon pine trees; a logger, someone involved in the Huon timber trade.

noun

Someone who lives in a region where pine trees grow; a pinelander.

name

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Then there was Bunny D—, an Aboriginal piner who had been in the camps with Dad and who was famed for his bush skills."

Etymology

From pine (“languish, grieve”) + -er.

Word Breakdown

Root: piner
Suffix: pine

Usage

Inflected Forms

piners (plural)

Rhymes With

minor designer liner miner diner finer weiner steiner reiner signer shiner recliner

Questions

How do you pronounce piner?: The recorded pronunciation is /pˈaɪnɚ/.
What does piner mean?: A torturer.
Where does piner come from?: From pine (“languish, grieve”) + -er.

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