scape

Other forms of scape

plural

scapes·

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 scape

What does scape mean?

scape means "erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scape?

scape has 1 syllable: scape. In IPA it is /ˈskeɪp/.

What is another word for scape?

Close synonyms include flower stalk, shaft. 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 scape a common word?

scape 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 scape?

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