Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underlever

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-lever
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lever behind the trigger guard of a rifle

noun

A particular piano component.

Example Sentences

"Incidentally, the current underlevers developed and produced after World War II are vastly improved over the prewar types, though millions of the latter are still used."
"The wippen, a mechanism of underlevers, controls the jacks that push the hammers up to the strings."
"The second assembly is the underlever / damper assembly which comprises all the linkage that activates the damper system, which stops the tone when the key is pressed."

Etymology

From under- + lever.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under

Inflected Forms

underlevers (plural)

Questions

What does underlever mean?: A lever behind the trigger guard of a rifle
Where does underlever come from?: From under- + lever.

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