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- [too-ber, tyoo-]
- /ˈtu bər, ˈtyu-/
- /ˈtjuː.bər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [too-ber, tyoo-]
- /ˈtu bər, ˈtyu-/
Definitions of tuber word
- noun tuber a person or thing that forms, installs, or operates with tubes. 1
- noun tuber Also called inner-tuber. a person who participates in the sport of tubing. 1
- noun tuber underground stem or root 1
- countable noun tuber A tuber is the swollen underground stem of particular types of plants. 0
- noun tuber a fleshy underground stem (as in the potato) or root (as in the dahlia) that is an organ of vegetative reproduction and food storage 0
- noun tuber a raised area; swelling 0
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Origin of tuber
First appearance:
before 1660 One of the 46% oldest English words
1660-70; < Latin tūber bump, swelling. Cf. truffle
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Parts of speech for Tuber
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tuber popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% 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".
tuber usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tuber
noun tuber
- bulb — A bulb is the glass part of an electric lamp, which gives out light when electricity passes through it.
- corm — an organ of vegetative reproduction in plants such as the crocus, consisting of a globular stem base swollen with food and surrounded by papery scale leaves
- corn — Corn is used to refer to crops such as wheat and barley. It can also be used to refer to the seeds from these plants.
- mainspring — the principal spring in a mechanism, as in a watch.
- murphy — an Irish or white potato.
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