saddleback

Other forms of saddleback

plural

saddlebacks·

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 saddleback

What does saddleback mean?

saddleback means "a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in saddleback?

saddleback has 3 syllables: sadd-le-back. The stress falls on "sadd".

What is another word for saddleback?

Close synonyms include saddle, gable roof, saddle roof, saddleback roof. 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 saddleback a common word?

saddleback 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.