How to pronounce frustum
American English pronunciation
FRUS-tum
- IPA
- /ˈfɹʌstəm/
- Syllables
- FRUS · tum (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What frustum means
A cone or pyramid with its top sliced off flat
In a sentence: A lampshade is shaped like a frustum, wide at the bottom and cut flat at the top.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed straight from Latin, where the word was also frustum.
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