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- [doo-er, dyoo-]
- /ˈdu ər, ˈdyu-/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [doo-er, dyoo-]
- /ˈdu ər, ˈdyu-/
Definitions of dewar word
- noun dewar Donald. 1937–2000, Scottish Labour politician; secretary of state for Scotland (1997–99); first minister of Scotland (1999–2000) 3
- noun dewar Sir James. 1842–1923, Scottish chemist and physicist. He worked on the liquefaction of gases and the properties of matter at low temperature, invented the vacuum flask, and (with Sir Frederick Abel) was the first to prepare cordite 3
- noun dewar Sir James, 1842–1923, Scottish chemist and physicist. 1
- noun dewar Dewar vessel. 1
- noun dewar A double-walled flask of metal or silvered glass with a vacuum between the walls, used to hold liquids at well below ambient temperature. 1
- noun dewar A vacuum flask; a vessel which keeps its contents hotter or cooler than their environment without the need to modify the pressure, by interposing an evacuated region to provide thermal insulation between the contents and the environment. 0
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dewar popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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