toad

any of numerous anuran amphibians especially family Bufonidae that are distinguished from the related frogs by being more terrestrial in habit though returning to water to lay their eggs, by having a build that squatter and shorter with weaker and shorter hind limbs, and by having skin that rough, dry, and warty rather than smooth and moist

The first known use: before the 12th century

Word Structure

4 Letters, 1 Syllable	toad

3 Phonemes	t O d

onset, rime	t oad

Morpheme	toad

Sentence Examples

He's such a mean little toad.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

frog	anuran	peeper
polliwog	salientian	sycophant

Collocations

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

Toad	Toad of Toad Hall	toad-in
natterjack toad

Neighborhood

Rhymes

road

rode

Onset Friends

to	time	too
think	things	two
take	tell	thought

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