bear-sized

1. 1.

   large as a bear

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Questions about bear-sized

What does bear-sized mean?

bear-sized means "large as a bear".

How many syllables are in bear-sized?

bear-sized has 3 syllables and divides as bear--si-zed 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 bear-sized a common word?

bear-sized 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.