breastplate

Questions about breastplate

What does breastplate mean?

breastplate means "armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass".

How many syllables are in breastplate?

breastplate has 2 syllables: breast-plate. The stress falls on "breast". In IPA it is /ˈbɹɛstˌpleɪt/.

What is another word for breastplate?

Close synonyms include aegis, egis. 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 breastplate a common word?

breastplate 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.

What rhymes with breastplate?

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