Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sintered

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables: sin-tered
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of sinter

Example Sentences

"When the works are in full production about 50 trains in and out will be needed daily for the conveyance of imported and home-produced ore, coal, oil, dolomite, limestone, slabs, ingot moulds and so on into the works and for the clearance of empty wagons and transport of sintered ore, slabs, steel sheets and other products."
"2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, Alfred A. Knopf (2001), 7, The heavy, dark tungsten powder would be pressed, hammered, sintered at red heat, then drawn into finer and finer wire for the filaments."

Questions

What does sintered mean?: simple past and past participle of sinter

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