bristle-pointed

1. 1.

   pointed like bristles

   Similarpointed

Questions about bristle-pointed

What does bristle-pointed mean?

bristle-pointed means "pointed like bristles".

How many syllables are in bristle-pointed?

bristle-pointed has 4 syllables: brist-le--poin-ted. The stress falls on "le-".

Is bristle-pointed a common word?

bristle-pointed 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.