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   Ze·ro

   /ˈzirō/

   

   cardinal

   • 1. no quantity or number; naught; the figure 0: "figures from zero to nine" Similar noughtnothingciphernil0null characterarchaic:naught
   • ▪ a point on a scale or instrument from which a positive or negative quantity is reckoned: "the gauge dropped to zero"
   • ▪ the temperature corresponding to 0° on the Celsius scale (32° Fahrenheit), marking the freezing point of water: "the temperature was below zero"
   • ▪ the temperature corresponding to 0° on the Fahrenheit scale (approximately minus 18° Celsius), considered a very cold temperature, especially for outdoor activities: "thirty below zero!"
   • ▪ the absence of an actual word or morpheme to realize a syntactic or morphological phenomenon: "the zero plural in “three sheep.”"
   • ▪ the lowest possible amount or level; nothing at all: "I rated my chances as zero" Similar nothingnilnothing at allnot a single thingnot anythingnonenowtinformal:zilchnixnot a dicky birddamn allnot a sausagesweet Fanny Adamssweet FAzipzipponadadiddly-squata goose eggbupkisvulgar slang:bugger allfuck allsod allarchaic:naughtnoughtrock bottomthe bottomthe lowest pointthe all-time lowas low as one can getlow-water markthe depthsthe nadirinformal:the pits
   • ▪ short for zero hour
   • ▪ a worthless or contemptibly undistinguished person: "her husband is an absolute zero"

   verb

   • 1. adjust (an instrument) to zero: "zero the counter when the tape has rewound"
   • 2. set the sights of (a gun) for firing: "the rifle had been zeroed at an elevation of 200"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from French zéro or Italian zero, via Old Spanish from Arabic ṣifr ‘cipher’.

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • Z

     10

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • O

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