cottonmouth

Questions about cottonmouth

What does cottonmouth mean?

cottonmouth means "venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States".

How many syllables are in cottonmouth?

cottonmouth has 3 syllables: cot-ton-mouth. The stress falls on "cot". In IPA it is /ˈkɑtənˌmaʊθ/.

What is another word for cottonmouth?

Close synonyms include water moccasin, cottonmouth moccasin, Agkistrodon piscivorus. 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 cottonmouth a common word?

cottonmouth 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 cottonmouth?

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