craunch

Questions about craunch

What does craunch mean?

craunch means "press or grind with a crushing noise".

How many syllables are in craunch?

craunch has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. 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.

What is another word for craunch?

Close synonyms include crunch, cranch, grind. 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 craunch a common word?

craunch 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.