elm

Other forms of elm

plural

elms·

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 elm

What does elm mean?

elm means "any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in elm?

elm has 1 syllable: elm. In IPA it is /ˈɛlm/.

What is another word for elm?

Close synonyms include elm tree, elmwood. 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 elm a common word?

elm is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.