costal

1. 1.

   of or relating to or near a rib

   anatomy

Other forms of costal

comparative

costaller·

superlative

costallest·

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 costal

What does costal mean?

costal means "of or relating to or near a rib".

How many syllables are in costal?

costal has 2 syllables and divides as co-stal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.