trebuchet

Other forms of trebuchet

plural

trebuchets·

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 trebuchet

What does trebuchet mean?

trebuchet means "an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles".

How many syllables are in trebuchet?

trebuchet has 3 syllables: tre-bu-chet. The stress falls on "tre".

What is another word for trebuchet?

Close synonyms include catapult, arbalest, arbalist, ballista, bricole. 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 trebuchet a common word?

trebuchet 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.