halibut

Questions about halibut

What does halibut mean?

halibut means "lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in halibut?

halibut has 3 syllables: hal-i-but. The stress falls on "hal". In IPA it is /ˈhæləbət/.

What is another word for halibut?

Close synonyms include holibut. 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 halibut a common word?

halibut 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.