sampler

Other forms of sampler

plural

samplers·

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 sampler

What does sampler mean?

sampler means "an observation station that is set up to make sample observations of something". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sampler?

sampler has 2 syllables: sam-pler. The stress falls on "sam". In IPA it is /ˈsæmplɚ/.

What is another word for sampler?

Close synonyms include sampling station, taster, taste tester, taste-tester. 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 sampler a common word?

sampler is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.