shorebird

Other forms of shorebird

plural

shorebirds·

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 shorebird

What does shorebird mean?

shorebird means "any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries".

How many syllables are in shorebird?

shorebird has 2 syllables: shore-bird. The stress falls on "shore". In IPA it is /ˈʃɔɹˌbɝd/.

What is another word for shorebird?

Close synonyms include shore bird, limicoline bird. 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 shorebird a common word?

shorebird 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.

What rhymes with shorebird?

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