cutlass

1. 1.

   a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors

   Synonymscutlas

   Broadersword

Other forms of cutlass

plural

cutlasses·

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 cutlass

What does cutlass mean?

cutlass means "a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors".

How many syllables are in cutlass?

cutlass has 2 syllables: cut-lass. The stress falls on "cut". In IPA it is /ˈkʌtləs/.

What is another word for cutlass?

Close synonyms include cutlas. 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 cutlass a common word?

cutlass 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.