sheepdog

Other forms of sheepdog

plural

sheepdogs·

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 sheepdog

What does sheepdog mean?

sheepdog means "any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep".

How many syllables are in sheepdog?

sheepdog has 2 syllables: sheep-dog. The stress falls on "sheep".

What is another word for sheepdog?

Close synonyms include shepherd dog, sheep dog. 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 sheepdog a common word?

sheepdog 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.