How to pronounce caliper
American English pronunciation
KAL-uh-pur
- IPA
- /ˈkæləpɚ/
- Syllables
- KAL · uh · pur (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What caliper means
A tool with two hinged legs for measuring thickness
In a sentence: Dad closed the caliper gently around the board to see how thick it was.
Where it comes from: It started as another form of the word caliber, which means the width of a round hole or tube.
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