jibboom

1. 1.

   a spar that extends the bowsprit

   Broaderspar

Other forms of jibboom

plural

jibbooms·

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 jibboom

What does jibboom mean?

jibboom means "a spar that extends the bowsprit".

How many syllables are in jibboom?

jibboom has 2 syllables: jib-boom. The stress falls on "jib".

Is jibboom a common word?

jibboom 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.