decompressor
/diːkəmˈpɹɛsə(ɹ)/noun
decompressor is a noun meaning “That which decompresses” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-E-C-O-M-P-R-E-S-S-O-R, and it appears about once in every 87 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of decompressor is decompressors.
What does decompressor mean?
noun
- 1
That which decompresses.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce decompressor?
- UK /diːkəmˈpɹɛsə(ɹ)/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of decompressor
- decompressors plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is decompressor?
Decompressor appears about once in every 87 million words in written English, the 297,763rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does decompressor come from?
From decompress + -or.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).