goat

any of various hollowhorned ruminant mammals especially of the genus Capra related to the sheep but of lighter build and with backwardly arching horns, a short tail, and usually straight hair especially one Capra hircus long domesticated for its milk, wool, and flesh

The first known use: before the 12th century

Word Structure

4 Letters, 1 Syllable	goat

3 Phonemes	g O t

onset, rime	g oat

Morpheme	goat

Sentence Examples

In the last inning, a home run can make you the hero, and a strikeout can make you the goat.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

billy

buck

kid

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

GOAT	billy goat	goat cheese
nanny goat	goat's cheese

Neighborhood

Rhymes

boat	coat	note
throat	vote	wrote

Onset Friends

get	go	good
got	going	give
girl	gave	gone

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