casein

Questions about casein

What does casein mean?

casein means "a milk protein used in making e.g. plastics and adhesives". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in casein?

casein has 2 syllables: ca-sein. The stress falls on "sein". In IPA it is /keɪˈsin/.

What is another word for casein?

Close synonyms include casein paint. 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 casein a common word?

casein 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.

What rhymes with casein?

17 words rhyme with casein. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.