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trencher

/ˈtɹentʃə/TREN-chur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈtɹɛntʃɚ/TREN-chur

Meaninga cutting board

Common meaning: a wooden plate for serving food

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Journey through time

  1. Frenchtrenchersource
  2. Middle Englishtrenche‘a cut’source
  3. Englishtrench‘a long narrow excavation’
  4. Englishformed in English from trenchtrencher‘a wooden plate for serving food’ · today

Sources & notes

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 trench + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), TRENCH, p.658 · scan

Source words

  • trencher French · source word “cut or carve”

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