speedometer B2 Topic:Transportation US /spɪˈdɑː.mə.t̬ɚ/ UK /spiːˈdɒm.ɪ.tə/ See IPA manual Freq #42189 Meanings 1 noun an instrument in a vehicle that measures and displays its current speed The speedometer showed that the car was traveling at sixty miles per hour. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an instrument in a vehicle... speed indicatorspeed gauge More speedo Word family Related forms speedodometertachometer Etymology Formed in the late nineteenth century from speed, the linking vowel -o-, and -meter, 'measuring instrument.' Topics Transportation External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # speedometer **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /spɪˈdɑː.mə.t̬ɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /spiːˈdɒm.ɪ.tə/ **Frequency rank:** 42189 ## Meanings 1. an instrument in a vehicle that measures and displays its current speed ## Examples - The speedometer showed that the car was traveling at sixty miles per hour. ## Synonyms - speed indicator - speed gauge - speedo ## Related Forms - speed - odometer - tachometer ## Roots and Affixes - Affix: -meter - measuring device ## Etymology Formed in the late nineteenth century from speed, the linking vowel -o-, and -meter, 'measuring instrument.' ## Topics - Transportation markdown