corduroy

1. 1.

   build (a road) from logs laid side by side

   Broaderconstruct

Other forms of corduroy

plural

corduroys·

past tense

corduroyed·

present participle

corduroying·

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 corduroy

What does corduroy mean?

corduroy means "a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in corduroy?

corduroy has 3 syllables: cor-du-roy. The stress falls on "cor". In IPA it is /ˈkɔɹdɚˌɔɪ/.

What is another word for corduroy?

Close synonyms include cord. 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 corduroy a common word?

corduroy 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 corduroy?

1 word rhymes with corduroy. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.