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chewer

/ˈtʃuːə/CHOO-ur
/ˈtʃuɚ/CHOO-ur

Meaninga person or thing that chews

Common meaning: a person or thing that chews (inferred)

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishceowansource
  2. Middle Englishchewensource
  3. Englishchew‘to grind with the teeth’
  4. Englishformed in English from chewchewer‘a person or thing that chews (inferred)’ · today

Sources & notes

Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: a person or thing that chews. It can be inferred from any of: chew.

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from chew + -er (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).

Source words

  • ceowan Old English · source word “chewing”

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