boneset

Other forms of boneset

plural

bonesets·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about boneset

What does boneset mean?

boneset means "European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in boneset?

boneset has 3 syllables: bo-ne-set. The stress falls on "bo".

What is another word for boneset?

Close synonyms include common comfrey, Symphytum officinale, agueweed, thoroughwort, Eupatorium perfoliatum. 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 boneset a common word?

boneset 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.