What does cancellous mean?

cancellous means "having an open or latticed or porous structure".

How many syllables are in cancellous?

cancellous has 3 syllables: can-cel-lous. The stress falls on "can".

What is another word for cancellous?

Close synonyms include cancellate, cancellated. 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 cancellous a common word?

cancellous 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.

cancellous — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
having an open or latticed or porous structure
Synonymscancellate cancellated
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Questions about cancellous

What does cancellous mean?: cancellous means "having an open or latticed or porous structure".
How many syllables are in cancellous?: cancellous has 3 syllables: can-cel-lous. The stress falls on "can".
What is another word for cancellous?: Close synonyms include cancellate, cancellated. 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.

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