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- [poh-cher]
- /ˈpoʊ tʃər/
- /ˈpəʊ.tʃər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [poh-cher]
- /ˈpoʊ tʃər/
Definitions of poacher word
- noun poacher a pan having a tight-fitting lid and metal cups for steaming or poaching eggs. 1
- noun poacher any dish or pan used for poaching food, especially a baking dish for poaching fish. 1
- noun poacher illegal hunter 1
- noun poacher device: egg cooker 1
- noun poacher a person who illegally hunts game, fish, etc, on someone else's property 0
- noun poacher a metal pan with individual cups for poaching eggs 0
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Origin of poacher
First appearance:
before 1660 One of the 46% oldest English words
First recorded in 1660-70; poach1 + -er1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Poacher
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
poacher popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
poacher usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with poacher
- what is a poacher?
- how to use an egg poacher?
- what does poacher mean?
- how to poach an egg with an egg poacher?
- how to poach an egg without a poacher?
- how to use egg poacher?
- how to use microwave egg poacher?
- how to use a microwave egg poacher?
- how to make poached eggs with a poacher?
- how to make poached eggs without an egg poacher?
- how to poach eggs with egg poacher?
- how to poach an egg with poacher?
- how to become an anti poacher?
- how long to poach eggs in an egg poacher?
- what is the meaning of poacher?
See also
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