horseradish

1. 1.

   the root of the horseradish plant; it is grated or ground and used for seasoning

   Synonymshorseradish root

   Broaderroot
2. 2.

   coarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent root

   Synonymshorse radishred coleArmoracia rusticana

   Broaderherb

   Part ofArmoracia
3. 3.

   grated horseradish root

   Broadercondiment

Other forms of horseradish

plural

horseradishes·

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 horseradish

What does horseradish mean?

horseradish means "the root of the horseradish plant; it is grated or ground and used for seasoning". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in horseradish?

horseradish has 3 syllables: hor-serad-ish. The stress falls on "hor". In IPA it is /ˈhɔɹsˌɹædɪʃ/.

What is another word for horseradish?

Close synonyms include horseradish root, horse radish, red cole, Armoracia rusticana. 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 horseradish a common word?

horseradish 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.

What rhymes with horseradish?

1 word rhymes with horseradish. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.