rudderpost

1. 1.

   a vertical post at the forward edge of a rudder that enables the rudder to pivot

   Synonymsrudderstock

   Broaderpost

   Part ofrudder

Other forms of rudderpost

plural

rudderposts·

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 rudderpost

What does rudderpost mean?

rudderpost means "a vertical post at the forward edge of a rudder that enables the rudder to pivot".

How many syllables are in rudderpost?

rudderpost has 3 syllables: rud-der-post. The stress falls on "rud".

What is another word for rudderpost?

Close synonyms include rudderstock. 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 rudderpost a common word?

rudderpost is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.