grapnel

Other forms of grapnel

plural

grapnels·

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 grapnel

What does grapnel mean?

grapnel means "a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in grapnel?

grapnel has 2 syllables: grap-nel. The stress falls on "grap".

What is another word for grapnel?

Close synonyms include grapple, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron, grapnel anchor. 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 grapnel a common word?

grapnel 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.