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 and divides as a-ga-r-a-gar under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.