basilary

1. 1.

   of or relating to or located at the base

   “the basilar membrane of the cochlea”

   Synonymsbasilar

Questions about basilary

What does basilary mean?

basilary means "of or relating to or located at the base".

How many syllables are in basilary?

basilary has 4 syllables: ba-si-la-ry. The stress falls on "si".

What is another word for basilary?

Close synonyms include basilar. 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 basilary a common word?

basilary is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.