How to pronounce wimble
American English pronunciation
WIM-bul
- IPA
- /ˈwɪmbəl/
- Syllables
- WIM · bul (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What wimble means
A hand tool for boring holes
In a sentence: The carpenter turned the wimble slowly until it made a neat hole in the board.
Where it comes from: It goes back to an old English spelling, wymble. Its earlier history isn't clear.
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