calefactory

1. 1.

   serving to heat

   “a heating pad is calefactory”

   Synonymscalefactive

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Questions about calefactory

What does calefactory mean?

calefactory means "serving to heat".

How many syllables are in calefactory?

calefactory has 5 syllables and divides as ca-le-fac-to-ry 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.

What is another word for calefactory?

Close synonyms include calefactive. 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.