acetose

1. 1.

   tasting or smelling like vinegar

   Synonymsacetousvinegaryvinegarish

   Similarsour

Questions about acetose

What does acetose mean?

acetose means "tasting or smelling like vinegar".

How many syllables are in acetose?

acetose has 3 syllables: a-ce-tose. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for acetose?

Close synonyms include acetous, vinegary, vinegarish. 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 acetose a common word?

acetose 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.