sheath

1. 1.

   a protective covering (as for a knife or sword)

   Broaderprotective covering

   Narroweragletfingerstallholsterscabbard
2. 2.

   an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part

   Synonymscase

   Broadercovering

   Narrowerthecaloricamedullary sheathneurolemmahusk
3. 3.

   a dress suitable for formal occasions

   Synonymscocktail dress

   Broaderdress

Other forms of sheath

plural

sheaths·

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 sheath

What does sheath mean?

sheath means "a protective covering (as for a knife or sword)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sheath?

sheath has 1 syllable: sheath. In IPA it is /ˈʃiθ/.

What is another word for sheath?

Close synonyms include case, cocktail dress. 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 sheath a common word?

sheath 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.