workhorse

Other forms of workhorse

plural

workhorses·

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 workhorse

What does workhorse mean?

workhorse means "machine that performs dependably under heavy use". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in workhorse?

workhorse has 2 syllables: work-horse. The stress falls on "work". In IPA it is /ˈwɝkˌhɔɹs/.

Is workhorse a common word?

workhorse 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.

What rhymes with workhorse?

5 words rhyme with workhorse. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.