chalybeate

1. 1.

   containing or impregnated with or tasting of iron

Questions about chalybeate

What does chalybeate mean?

chalybeate means "containing or impregnated with or tasting of iron".

How many syllables are in chalybeate?

chalybeate has 4 syllables: cha-ly-be-ate. The stress falls on "ly".

Is chalybeate a common word?

chalybeate 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.