maul

Other forms of maul

plural

mauls·

past tense

mauled·

present participle

mauling·

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 maul

What does maul mean?

maul means "split (wood) with a maul and wedges". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in maul?

maul has 1 syllable: maul. In IPA it is /ˈmɔl/.

What is another word for maul?

Close synonyms include mangle, sledge, sledgehammer. 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 maul a common word?

maul 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.

What rhymes with maul?

2 words rhyme with maul. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.