bandelette

Questions about bandelette

What does bandelette mean?

bandelette means "molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column".

How many syllables are in bandelette?

bandelette has 3 syllables and divides as ban-de-lette 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 bandelette?

Close synonyms include annulet, bandelet, bandlet, square and rabbet. 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 bandelette a common word?

bandelette 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.