agar-agar

1. 1.

   a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods

   Synonymsagar

   Broadergum

Questions about agar-agar

What does agar-agar mean?

agar-agar means "a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods".

How many syllables are in agar-agar?

agar-agar has 4 syllables: a-ga-r-a-gar. The stress falls on "ga".

What is another word for agar-agar?

Close synonyms include agar. 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 agar-agar a common word?

agar-agar is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.