shaddock

Other forms of shaddock

plural

shaddocks·

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 shaddock

What does shaddock mean?

shaddock means "southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shaddock?

shaddock has 2 syllables: shad-dock. The stress falls on "shad". In IPA it is /ˈʃædək/.

What is another word for shaddock?

Close synonyms include pomelo, pomelo tree, pummelo, Citrus maxima, Citrus grandis. 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 shaddock a common word?

shaddock 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.