helve

Questions about helve

What does helve mean?

helve means "the handle of a weapon or tool".

How many syllables are in helve?

helve has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. 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 helve?

Close synonyms include haft. 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 helve a common word?

helve 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.