poplar

Other forms of poplar

plural

poplars·

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 poplar

What does poplar mean?

poplar means "soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in poplar?

poplar has 2 syllables: po-plar. The stress falls on "po". In IPA it is /ˈpɑplɚ/.

What is another word for poplar?

Close synonyms include poplar tree. 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 poplar a common word?

poplar 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.