os

Other forms of os

plural

ora

plural

osar

plural

ossa

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 os

What does os mean?

os means "a mouth or mouthlike opening". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in os?

os has 1 syllable: os. In IPA it is /ˈɑs/.

What is another word for os?

Close synonyms include osmium, atomic number 76, operating system, oculus sinister, bone. 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 os a common word?

os 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.

What rhymes with os?

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