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thermometer
CEFRB1
/θəˈmɒm.ɪ.tə/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
An instrument used to measure temperature.
- 02
noun
Extra detailAn apparatus used to measure temperature.
Examples
The nurse took his temperature with a thermometer.
The thermometer went down below zero.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 2
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
Deep Dive
More examples
In contextOn the wall were hanging thermometers, barometers, and hydrometers, and every other sort of ometer, numberless, dusty, and mysterious; […]
Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.
The brothers had thrust the thermometer between two circuit boards in order to look for hot spots inside m zero. The thermometer’s dial was marked “Beef Rare—Ham—Beef Med—Pork.” “You want to keep the machine below ‘Pork,’” Gregory remarked.
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Origin
noun
Borrowed from French thermomètre; equivalent to thermo- + -meter.