pith

1. 1.

   remove the pith from (a plant)

   Broaderget rid of

Other forms of pith

plural

piths·

past tense

pithed·

present participle

pithing·

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 pith

What does pith mean?

pith means "soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pith?

pith has 1 syllable: pith. In IPA it is /ˈpɪθ/.

What is another word for pith?

Close synonyms include kernel, substance, core, center, centre. 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 pith a common word?

pith 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.