sloe

Other forms of sloe

plural

sloes·

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 sloe

What does sloe mean?

sloe means "wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sloe?

sloe has 1 syllable: sloe. In IPA it is /ˈsloʊ/.

What is another word for sloe?

Close synonyms include Allegheny plum, Alleghany plum, Prunus alleghaniensis, blackthorn, Prunus spinosa. 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 sloe a common word?

sloe 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 sloe?

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