firedamp

1. 1.

   a mixture of gases (mostly methane) that form in coal mines and become explosive when mixed with air

   Broadergas

Other forms of firedamp

plural

firedamps·

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 firedamp

What does firedamp mean?

firedamp means "a mixture of gases (mostly methane) that form in coal mines and become explosive when mixed with air".

How many syllables are in firedamp?

firedamp has 3 syllables: fi-re-damp. The stress falls on "fi". In IPA it is /ˈfaɪɚˌdæmp/.

Is firedamp a common word?

firedamp 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.

What rhymes with firedamp?

1 word rhymes with firedamp. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.