handbow

1. 1.

   a bow drawn by hand as distinguished from a crossbow

   Broaderbow

Other forms of handbow

plural

handbows·

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 handbow

What does handbow mean?

handbow means "a bow drawn by hand as distinguished from a crossbow".

How many syllables are in handbow?

handbow has 2 syllables and divides as hand-bow 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.