Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

upsetting thermometer

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables: up-set-ting ther-mome-ter
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thermometer used by turning it upside-down. The column of mercury is broken and, as it remains until the instrument is reset, the reading may be made at leisure.

Archaic

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

upsetting thermometers (plural)

Questions

What does upsetting thermometer mean?: A thermometer used by turning it upside-down. The column of mercury is broken and, as it remains until the instrument is reset, the reading may be made at leisure.

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