Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
bird-scarer is a noun meaning "an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds". It carries one recorded sense.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for bird-scarer come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.