burroughs

Other forms of burroughs

plural

burroughses·

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 burroughs

What does burroughs mean?

burroughs means "United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in burroughs?

burroughs has 2 syllables: bur-roughs. The stress falls on "bur". In IPA it is /ˈbʌɹoʊz/.

What is another word for burroughs?

Close synonyms include William Burroughs, William S. Burroughs, William Seward Burroughs, William Seward Burroughs, Edgar Rice Burroughs. 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 burroughs a common word?

burroughs 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.