leghorn

Questions about leghorn

What does leghorn mean?

leghorn means "a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown".

How many syllables are in leghorn?

leghorn has 2 syllables: leg-horn. The stress falls on "leg". In IPA it is /ˈlɛɡhɔɹn/.

What is another word for leghorn?

Close synonyms include boater, Panama, Panama hat, sailor, skimmer. 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 leghorn a common word?

leghorn 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.