How to pronounce runner
American English pronunciation
RUN-ur
- IPA
- /ˈɹʌnɚ/
- Syllables
- RUN · ur (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What runner means
Most people know runner in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A plant stem that creeps along the ground and roots
In a sentence: The strawberry plant sent out a runner, and a new little plant grew where it touched the soil.
Where it comes from: It is the same word as runner, someone who runs, made from run plus -er. The stem seems to run along the ground.
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