layby

Questions about layby

What does layby mean?

layby means "designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily".

How many syllables are in layby?

layby has 2 syllables and divides as lay-by 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.

What is another word for layby?

Close synonyms include pull-off, rest area, rest stop, lay-by. 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 layby a common word?

layby 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.