mayflower

Questions about mayflower

What does mayflower mean?

mayflower means "the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mayflower?

mayflower has 3 syllables: may-flo-wer. The stress falls on "may". In IPA it is /ˈmeɪˌflaʊɚ/.

What is another word for mayflower?

Close synonyms include trailing arbutus, Epigaea repens. 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 mayflower a common word?

mayflower 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 mayflower?

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