cubit

1. 1.

   an ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm

   Broaderlinear unit

Other forms of cubit

plural

cubits·

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 cubit

What does cubit mean?

cubit means "an ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm".

How many syllables are in cubit?

cubit has 2 syllables: cu-bit. The stress falls on "cu". In IPA it is /ˈkjubɪt/.

Is cubit a common word?

cubit is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.