decal

What does decal mean?

decal means "either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface".

How many syllables are in decal?

decal has 2 syllables and divides as de-cal 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.

What is another word for decal?

Close synonyms include decalcomania. 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 decal a common word?

decal 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for decal come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.