five-spot

1. 1.

   a United States bill worth 5 dollars

   Synonymsfiverfive dollar bill

   Broaderbill

   Narrowernickel
2. 2.

   California annual having white flowers with a deep purple blotch on each petal

   SynonymsNemophila maculata

   Broadernemophila
3. 3.

   a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips

   Synonymsfive

   Broaderspotdominodie

Questions about five-spot

What does five-spot mean?

five-spot means "a United States bill worth 5 dollars". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in five-spot?

five-spot has 3 syllables: fi-ve--spot. The stress falls on "fi".

What is another word for five-spot?

Close synonyms include fiver, five dollar bill, Nemophila maculata, five. 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 five-spot a common word?

five-spot 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.