sheep

any of various hollowhorned typically gregarious ruminant mammals genus Ovis related to the goats but stockier and lacking a beard in the male specifically one O

The first known use: before the 12th century

Word Structure

5 Letters, 1 Syllable	sheep

3 Phonemes	S E p

onset, rime	sh eep

Morpheme	sheep

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

doyen	forerunner	guide
lead

Collocations

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

sheep dip	black sheep	Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
sheep dips	count sheep	sort out/separate the sheep from the goats
(you, etc.) may/might as well be hanged/hung for a sheep as (for) a lamb

Neighborhood

Rhymes

deep

keep

sleep

Onset Friends

saw

since

sometime

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