microscope

1. 1.

   magnifier of the image of small objects

   “the invention of the microscope led to the discovery of the cell”

   Broadermagnifier

   Narrowerangioscopeelectron microscopelight microscope

   Partscamera lucida

Other forms of microscope

plural

microscopes·

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 microscope

What does microscope mean?

microscope means "magnifier of the image of small objects".

How many syllables are in microscope?

microscope has 3 syllables: mi-cro-scope. The stress falls on "mi". In IPA it is /ˈmaɪkɹəˌskoʊp/.

Is microscope a common word?

microscope is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with microscope?

15 words rhyme with microscope. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.