Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: caretaker
IPA transcription: [k'ɛɹt,eɪkɚ]
Pronunciations of caretaker
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: caretaker
    Meaning: a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person)
Usage examples
  • Both Bates and Morgan, the caretaker, were liars of high attainment.
  • But the caretaker over at the summer resort has even a lonelier time, I suppose.
  • Ask the caretaker to lock him in the coal cellar, and kindly slip out and see if there's a policeman on the beat in case I need him."
  • Mrs. Eggins, the caretaker, glanced up the street, and then she let them in, and left them to wait in the drawing-room amongst furniture all mysterious with sheets.
  • Lily, the caretaker's daughter, did housemaid's work for them. Though their life was modest, they believed in eating well; the best of everything: diamond-bone sirloins, three-shilling tea and the best bottled stout.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording History of Lebanon, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Old Man of the Mountain, License CC BY-SA 4.0