carinated

1. 1.

   having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship

   “a carinate sepal”

   Synonymsridgedcarinatekeeled

Questions about carinated

What does carinated mean?

carinated means "having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship".

How many syllables are in carinated?

carinated has 4 syllables: ca-ri-na-ted. The stress falls on "ri".

What is another word for carinated?

Close synonyms include ridged, carinate, keeled. 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 carinated a common word?

carinated 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.