burnished

Questions about burnished

What does burnished mean?

burnished means "made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow".

How many syllables are in burnished?

burnished has 2 syllables: burni-shed. The stress falls on "burni". In IPA it is /ˈbɝnɪʃt/.

What is another word for burnished?

Close synonyms include bright, lustrous, shining, shiny. 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 burnished a common word?

burnished 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.