bollard

Other forms of bollard

plural

bollards·

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 bollard

What does bollard mean?

bollard means "a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines)".

How many syllables are in bollard?

bollard has 2 syllables: bol-lard. The stress falls on "bol". In IPA it is /ˈbɑlɚd/.

What is another word for bollard?

Close synonyms include bitt. 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 bollard a common word?

bollard is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.