baa-lamb

1. 1.

   child's word for a sheep or lamb

   Broaderlamb

Questions about baa-lamb

What does baa-lamb mean?

baa-lamb means "child's word for a sheep or lamb".

How many syllables are in baa-lamb?

baa-lamb has 2 syllables and divides as baa--lamb under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is baa-lamb a common word?

baa-lamb is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.