sledge

1. 1.

   a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow

   Synonymssledsleigh

   Broadervehicle

   Narrowerbobsleddogsledlugepungtoboggan

   Partsrunner
2. 2.

   a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges

   Synonymsmaulsledgehammer

   Broaderhammer

Other forms of sledge

plural

sledges·

past tense

sledged·

present participle

sledging·

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 sledge

What does sledge mean?

sledge means "transport in a sleigh". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sledge?

sledge has 1 syllable: sledge. In IPA it is /ˈslɛdʒ/.

What is another word for sledge?

Close synonyms include sledgehammer, sled, sleigh, maul, sledgehammer. 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 sledge a common word?

sledge is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.