ramrod

Questions about ramrod

What does ramrod mean?

ramrod means "a rod used to ram the charge into a muzzle-loading firearm". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ramrod?

ramrod has 2 syllables: ram-rod. The stress falls on "ram". In IPA it is /ˈɹæmˌɹɑd/.

Is ramrod a common word?

ramrod 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.

What rhymes with ramrod?

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