windbreaker

Questions about windbreaker

What does windbreaker mean?

windbreaker means "a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term)".

How many syllables are in windbreaker?

windbreaker has 4 syllables and divides as wind-bre-a-ker 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 windbreaker?

Close synonyms include parka, windcheater, anorak. 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 windbreaker a common word?

windbreaker 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.