handspike

1. 1.

   a metal bar (or length of pipe) used as a lever

   Broaderbar

Other forms of handspike

plural

handspikes·

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 handspike

What does handspike mean?

handspike means "a metal bar (or length of pipe) used as a lever".

How many syllables are in handspike?

handspike has 2 syllables and divides as hand-spike 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.