sprocket

Other forms of sprocket

plural

sprockets·

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 sprocket

What does sprocket mean?

sprocket means "roller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper through". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sprocket?

sprocket has 2 syllables: sproc-ket. The stress falls on "sproc". In IPA it is /ˈspɹɑkət/.

What is another word for sprocket?

Close synonyms include sprocket wheel, cog. 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 sprocket a common word?

sprocket 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.