bobsleigh

Questions about bobsleigh

What does bobsleigh mean?

bobsleigh means "formerly two short sleds coupled together". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bobsleigh?

bobsleigh has 2 syllables: bob-sleigh. The stress falls on "bob".

What is another word for bobsleigh?

Close synonyms include bobsled, bobsled, bob. 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 bobsleigh a common word?

bobsleigh 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.