Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pyrograph

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: py-ro-graph
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hand-held tool, with a heated tip, used in pyrography.

verb

To make an image on wood (or other materials) by selectively burning the surface.

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

Etymology

Back-formation from pyrography.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pyrographs (plural) pyrographs (present, singular) pyrographing (participle, present) pyrographed (participle, past) pyrographed (past)

Questions

What does pyrograph mean?: A hand-held tool, with a heated tip, used in pyrography.
Where does pyrograph come from?: Back-formation from pyrography.

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