baton

Other forms of baton

plural

batons·

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 baton

What does baton mean?

baton means "a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in baton?

baton has 2 syllables: ba-ton. The stress falls on "ton". In IPA it is /bəˈtɑn/.

What is another word for baton?

Close synonyms include wand, truncheon, nightstick, billy, billystick. 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 baton a common word?

baton is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 baton?

6 words rhyme with baton. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.