buzzer

Other forms of buzzer

plural

buzzers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about buzzer

What does buzzer mean?

buzzer means "a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in buzzer?

buzzer has 2 syllables: buz-zer. The stress falls on "buz". In IPA it is /ˈbʌzɚ/.

What is another word for buzzer?

Close synonyms include doorbell, bell. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is buzzer a common word?

buzzer is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.