catechu

Other forms of catechu

plural

catechus·

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 catechu

What does catechu mean?

catechu means "extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in catechu?

catechu has 3 syllables: ca-te-chu. The stress falls on "ca".

What is another word for catechu?

Close synonyms include black catechu, Jerusalem thorn, Acacia catechu. 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 catechu a common word?

catechu 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.