greensward

Questions about greensward

What does greensward mean?

greensward means "surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots".

How many syllables are in greensward?

greensward has 2 syllables and divides as green-sward under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for greensward?

Close synonyms include turf, sod, sward. 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 greensward a common word?

greensward 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.