shad

1. 1.

   bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast

   Broaderfish

   Part ofcommon American shad
2. 2.

   herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn

   Broaderclupeid fishfood fish

   Narrowercommon American shadriver shadallice shad

   Part ofAlosa

Other forms of shad

plural

shads·

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 shad

What does shad mean?

shad means "bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shad?

shad has 1 syllable: shad. In IPA it is /ˈʃæd/.

Is shad a common word?

shad 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.