marlingspike

What does marlingspike mean?

marlingspike means "a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing)".

How many syllables are in marlingspike?

marlingspike has 3 syllables and divides as mar-ling-spike 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 marlingspike?

Close synonyms include marlinespike, marlinspike. 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 marlingspike a common word?

marlingspike 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for marlingspike come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.