argillaceous

1. 1.

   resembling or containing clay

   “argillaceous rocks”

   Synonymsclayey

   Antonymsarenaceous

Questions about argillaceous

What does argillaceous mean?

argillaceous means "resembling or containing clay".

How many syllables are in argillaceous?

argillaceous has 5 syllables and divides as ar-gil-la-ce-ous 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 argillaceous?

Close synonyms include clayey. 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.