scanner

Other forms of scanner

plural

scanners·

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 scanner

What does scanner mean?

scanner means "someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of the syllables". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scanner?

scanner has 2 syllables: scan-ner. The stress falls on "scan". In IPA it is /ˈskænɚ/.

What is another word for scanner?

Close synonyms include digital scanner, image scanner, electronic scanner. 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 scanner a common word?

scanner 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.