pocketknife

Questions about pocketknife

What does pocketknife mean?

pocketknife means "a knife with a blade that folds into the handle; suitable for carrying in the pocket".

How many syllables are in pocketknife?

pocketknife has 3 syllables and divides as poc-ketk-nife under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for pocketknife?

Close synonyms include pocket knife. 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 pocketknife a common word?

pocketknife 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.