nutmeg

Other forms of nutmeg

plural

nutmegs·

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 nutmeg

What does nutmeg mean?

nutmeg means "East Indian tree widely cultivated in the tropics for its aromatic seed; source of two spices: nutmeg and mace". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nutmeg?

nutmeg has 2 syllables: nut-meg. The stress falls on "nut". In IPA it is /ˈnʌtˌmɛɡ/.

What is another word for nutmeg?

Close synonyms include nutmeg tree, Myristica fragrans. 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 nutmeg a common word?

nutmeg 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 nutmeg?

1 word rhymes with nutmeg. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.