Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seamer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables: seam-er
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who sews seams.

noun

Part of a sewing machine that creates seams.

noun

A bowler skilled at making the ball seam.

name

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ4910).

name

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref TA0183).

name

Example Sentences

"The case of Mme Binet's mother, a young widow who worked as a seamer at home, reveals how this system affected homeworkers."

Etymology

From Middle English semer, semere, from Old English sēamere (“tailor; seamer”), equivalent to seam + -er.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: semer, sēamere
Suffix: seam

Inflected Forms

seamers (plural)

Phrases

four-seamer two-seamer

Rhymes With

steamer dreamer streamer femur creamer screamer lemur beamer schemer emer beemer daydreamer

Questions

What does seamer mean?: A person who sews seams.
Where does seamer come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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