cd

1. 1.

   being one hundred more than three hundred

   Synonymsfour hundred400

   Similarcardinal

Other forms of cd

plural

cds·

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 cd

What does cd mean?

cd means "a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cd?

cd has 2 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˌsiˈdi/.

What is another word for cd?

Close synonyms include cadmium, atomic number 48, candle, candela, standard candle. 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 cd a common word?

cd is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 cd?

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