curare

Questions about curare

What does curare mean?

curare means "a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles".

How many syllables are in curare?

curare has 3 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˌkjuˈɹæˌɹeɪ/.

What is another word for curare?

Close synonyms include tubocurarine. 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 curare a common word?

curare 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.

What rhymes with curare?

6 words rhyme with curare. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.