siphon

Other forms of siphon

plural

siphons·

past tense

siphonned·

present participle

siphonning·

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 siphon

What does siphon mean?

siphon means "a tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that gravity forces the liquid through the tube". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in siphon?

siphon has 2 syllables: si-phon. The stress falls on "si". In IPA it is /ˈsaɪfən/.

What is another word for siphon?

Close synonyms include syphon, syphon, syphon, siphon off. 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 siphon a common word?

siphon 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.

What rhymes with siphon?

1 word rhymes with siphon. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.