sterilizer

Questions about sterilizer

What does sterilizer mean?

sterilizer means "a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments".

How many syllables are in sterilizer?

sterilizer has 4 syllables: ster-i-li-zer. The stress falls on "ster". In IPA it is /ˈstɛɹəˌlaɪzɚ/.

What is another word for sterilizer?

Close synonyms include autoclave, steriliser. 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 sterilizer a common word?

sterilizer 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.

What rhymes with sterilizer?

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