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- [sten-tawr]
- /ˈstɛn tɔr/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [sten-tawr]
- /ˈstɛn tɔr/
Definitions of stentor word
- noun stentor (in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice. 1
- noun stentor (lowercase) a person having a very loud or powerful voice. 1
- noun stentor (lowercase) a trumpet-shaped, ciliate protozoan of the genus Stentor. 1
- noun stentor a Greek herald with a powerful voice who died after he lost a shouting contest with Hermes, herald of the gods 0
- noun stentor a person with an unusually loud voice 0
- noun stentor any trumpet-shaped protozoan of the genus Stentor, having a ciliated spiral feeding funnel at the wider end: phylum Ciliophora (ciliates) 0
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Parts of speech for Stentor
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stentor popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use 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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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for stentor
noun stentor
- ameba — An ameba is the smallest kind of living creature. Amebae consist of only one cell, and are found in water or soil.
- amebae — any of numerous freshwater, marine, or parasitic one-celled protozoa of the order Amoebida, characterized by a granular nucleus surrounded by a jellylike mass of cytoplasm that forms temporary extensions, or pseudopodia, by which the organism moves, engulfs food particles, and forms food vacuoles.
- bellman — a man who rings a bell, esp (formerly) a town crier
- ciliate — possessing or relating to cilia
- crier — a person or animal that cries
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