brecciate

Questions about brecciate

What does brecciate mean?

brecciate means "form into breccia". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in brecciate?

brecciate has 3 syllables and divides as brec-ci-ate 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 brecciate a common word?

brecciate 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.