Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zimmer frame

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English

Syllables: zim-mer frame
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A walking frame.

British usage

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Zimmer frame.

British usage

Example Sentences

"Aids, such as a Zimmer frame, walking stick, or foot-drop splint may be needed at some point by many patients."
"These are three- or four-legged frames, on wheels, which remind one of a modern-day Zimmer frame."
"the well-dressed, terminally ill defendant who stumbles into the dock, supported by a zimmer frame"
"She was leaning on a zimmer frame, peering up at them from under a bird's nest of uncombed grey hair."

Etymology

From Zimmer Orthopaedic Ltd, the original manufacturer, now Zimmer Biomet, founded by Justin O. Zimmer in 1927 in Warsaw, Indiana.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

Zimmer frames (plural)

Derived Forms

Zimmer

Synonyms

walker rollator Zimmer

Questions

What does zimmer frame mean?: A walking frame.
Where does zimmer frame come from?: From Zimmer Orthopaedic Ltd, the original manufacturer, now Zimmer Biomet, founded by Justin O. Zimmer in 1927 in Warsaw, Indiana.

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