popcorn

Questions about popcorn

What does popcorn mean?

popcorn means "corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in popcorn?

popcorn has 2 syllables: pop-corn. The stress falls on "pop". In IPA it is /ˈpɑpˌkɔɹn/.

What is another word for popcorn?

Close synonyms include Zea mays everta. 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 popcorn a common word?

popcorn is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 popcorn?

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