castor

Other forms of castor

plural

castors·

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 castor

What does castor mean?

castor means "a multiple star with 6 components; second brightest in Gemini; close to Pollux". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in castor?

castor has 2 syllables: cas-tor. The stress falls on "cas". In IPA it is /ˈkæstɚ/.

What is another word for castor?

Close synonyms include Alpha Geminorum, caster, caster, beaver, genus Castor. 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 castor a common word?

castor 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 castor?

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