alecost

Other forms of alecost

plural

alecosts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about alecost

What does alecost mean?

alecost means "tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum".

How many syllables are in alecost?

alecost has 3 syllables: a-le-cost. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for alecost?

Close synonyms include costmary, bible leaf, mint geranium, balsam herb, Tanacetum balsamita. 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 alecost a common word?

alecost 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.