time-fuse

1. 1.

   a fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb)

   Broaderfuse

Questions about time-fuse

What does time-fuse mean?

time-fuse means "a fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb)".

How many syllables are in time-fuse?

time-fuse has 3 syllables and divides as ti-me--fuse 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 time-fuse a common word?

time-fuse 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.