pass-through

1. 1.

   an opening that resembles a window between two rooms (especially a shelved opening between a kitchen and dining room that is used to pass dishes)

   Broaderopening

Questions about pass-through

What does pass-through mean?

pass-through means "an opening that resembles a window between two rooms (especially a shelved opening between a kitchen and dining room that is used to pass dishes)".

How many syllables are in pass-through?

pass-through has 2 syllables and divides as pass--through 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.

Is pass-through a common word?

pass-through is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.