How to pronounce camber
American English pronunciation
KAM-ber
- IPA
- /ˈkæmbɚ/
- Syllables
- KAM · ber (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What camber means
A slight hump across a road or deck so water runs off
In a sentence: Thanks to the camber of the road, the rain ran off into the ditches.
Where it comes from: It came from an old French word meaning bent, from Latin camur, meaning arched.
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