crampoon

1. 1.

   a hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects

   Synonymscrampon

   Broadergrapnel
2. 2.

   an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing

   Synonymscramponclimbing ironclimber

   Broaderspike

Other forms of crampoon

plural

crampoons·

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 crampoon

What does crampoon mean?

crampoon means "a hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in crampoon?

crampoon has 2 syllables: cram-poon. The stress falls on "cram".

What is another word for crampoon?

Close synonyms include crampon, crampon, climbing iron, climber. 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 crampoon a common word?

crampoon 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.