Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: pluto
IPA transcription: [pl'utoʊ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Pluto
    Meaning: a small planet and the farthest known planet from the sun; it has the most elliptical orbit of all the planets; "Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930"
  • Synonyms: Pluto, Hades, Aides, Aidoneus
    Meaning: (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone
  • Synonyms: Pluto
    Meaning: a cartoon character created by Walt Disney
Usage examples
  • Pluto!"
  • Nonsense, Pluto!
  • At the foot of Pluto's throne Hercules saw Death the Reaper.
  • For these Pluto and the Furies had invented special tortures.
  • We must also expunge the verse, which tells us how Pluto feared,
  • The two left Hades by an ivory door, the key of which Pluto had confided to their care.
  • This rashness brought about their ruin, for they were seized by Pluto and chained to a rock.
  • "There's something strange in all this," pursued the planter, as Pluto shuffled out of the sala.
  • It was a black cat--a very large one--fully as large as Pluto, and closely resembling him in every respect but one.
  • It was interrupted by the reappearance of Pluto; whose important air, as he re-entered the room, proclaimed him the bearer of eventful tidings.