slipstream

Questions about slipstream

What does slipstream mean?

slipstream means "the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller".

How many syllables are in slipstream?

slipstream has 3 syllables and divides as slip-stre-am under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for slipstream?

Close synonyms include airstream, race, backwash, wash. 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 slipstream a common word?

slipstream 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.