air-conditioner

1. 1.

   an appliance designed to extract humidity from the air and thereby cool it

   “we rarely turn on the air-conditioner”

   Synonymsair conditionerA/C

   Broaderappliance

Questions about air-conditioner

What does air-conditioner mean?

air-conditioner means "an appliance designed to extract humidity from the air and thereby cool it".

How many syllables are in air-conditioner?

air-conditioner has 6 syllables and divides as a-ir--con-di-tio-ner under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.