altar

Other forms of altar

plural

altars·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about altar

What does altar mean?

altar means "the table in Christian churches where communion is given". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in altar?

altar has 2 syllables: al-tar. The stress falls on "al". In IPA it is /ˈɔltɚ/.

What is another word for altar?

Close synonyms include communion table, Lord's table. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is altar a common word?

altar is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with altar?

1 word rhymes with altar. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.