hershey

Questions about hershey

What does hershey mean?

hershey means "United States confectioner and philanthropist who created the model industrial town of Hershey, Pennsylvania; founded an industrial school for orphan boys (1857-1945)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hershey?

hershey has 2 syllables: her-shey. The stress falls on "her". In IPA it is /ˈhɝʃi/.

What is another word for hershey?

Close synonyms include Milton Snavely Hershey. 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 hershey a common word?

hershey 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.