Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sizer

/sˈaɪzɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables
siz-er
IPA
/sˈaɪzɚ/
14
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An instrument or contrivance to size articles, or to determine their size by a standard, or to separate and distribute them according to size.

noun

An instrument or tool for bringing anything to an exact size.

noun

An object used at the airport to test to see if a carry on or personal item is the correct size allowed by the airline.

noun

Alternative form of sizar (“undergraduate who received an allowance”).

name

A surname.

Etymology

From size + -er.

Inflected Forms

sizers (plural)

Derived Forms

nanosizer sizership

Rhymes With

advisor adviser kaiser wiser pfizer visor riser geyser miser keyser divisor incisor

Questions

How do you pronounce sizer?
The recorded pronunciation is /sˈaɪzɚ/.
What does sizer mean?
An instrument or contrivance to size articles, or to determine their size by a standard, or to separate and distribute them according to size.
Where does sizer come from?
From size + -er.

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