halter

1. 1.

   hang with a halter

   Broaderhang
2. 2.

   prevent the progress or free movement of

   “He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather”

   “the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries”

   Synonymshampercrampstrangle

   Broaderrestrict

Other forms of halter

plural

halteres

past tense

halterred·

present participle

halterring·

third person

halters·

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 halter

What does halter mean?

halter means "rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in halter?

halter has 2 syllables: hal-ter. The stress falls on "hal". In IPA it is /ˈhɔltɚ/.

What is another word for halter?

Close synonyms include hackamore, hangman's rope, hangman's halter, hemp, hempen necktie. 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 halter a common word?

halter is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.