allover

1. 1.

   covering the entire surface

   “an allover pattern”

   “got an allover tan”

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Questions about allover

What does allover mean?

allover means "covering the entire surface".

How many syllables are in allover?

allover has 3 syllables and divides as al-lo-ver 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.

Is allover a common word?

allover 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.