mahogany

Other forms of mahogany

plural

mahoganies·

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 mahogany

What does mahogany mean?

mahogany means "wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mahogany?

mahogany has 4 syllables: ma-ho-ga-ny. The stress falls on "ho". In IPA it is /məˈhɑɡəni/.

What is another word for mahogany?

Close synonyms include mahogany tree, reddish brown, sepia, burnt sienna, Venetian red. 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 mahogany a common word?

mahogany is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.