trumpet-wood

Questions about trumpet-wood

What does trumpet-wood mean?

trumpet-wood means "tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems".

How many syllables are in trumpet-wood?

trumpet-wood has 3 syllables: trum-pe-t-wood. The stress falls on "trum".

What is another word for trumpet-wood?

Close synonyms include trumpetwood, trumpet tree, snake wood, imbauba, Cecropia peltata. 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 trumpet-wood a common word?

trumpet-wood 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.