Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter

odometer


odom·e·ter

noun \ō-ˈdä-mə-tər\

Definition of ODOMETER

: an instrument for measuring the distance traveled (as by a vehicle)

Origin of ODOMETER

French odomètre, from Greek hodometron, from hodos way, road + metron measure — more at measure
First Known Use: 1791

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: -odon
Previous Word in the Dictionary: odograph
All Words Near: odometer

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up odometer? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).