cataract

1. 1.

   an eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye

   Broadereye disease

   Narrowercortical cataractnuclear cataractposterior subcapsular cataract
2. 2.

   a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice

   Broaderwaterfall

Other forms of cataract

plural

cataracts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cataract

What does cataract mean?

cataract means "an eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cataract?

cataract has 3 syllables: cat-a-ract. The stress falls on "cat". In IPA it is /ˈkætɚækt/.

Is cataract a common word?

cataract 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.