Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trimphone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: trim-phone
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A luxury telephone of the 1960s with a then-innovative electronic ringer and illuminated dial.

British usage

Example Sentences

"Song thrushes normally have a large song repertoire, and Slater suggests that the trimphone sound has been taken up because it is sufficiently similar to the normal songs to be learned and imitated[…]"
"While an acoustic coupler can be used with ordinary telephones, it cannot be used with modern trimphones[…]"

Etymology

From trim + phone, originally a trademark, with trim explained as Tone Ring Illuminator Model.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

trimphones (plural)

Questions

What does trimphone mean?: A luxury telephone of the 1960s with a then-innovative electronic ringer and illuminated dial.
Where does trimphone come from?: From trim + phone, originally a trademark, with trim explained as Tone Ring Illuminator Model.

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