deckled

1. 1.

   having a rough edge; used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade

   Synonymsdeckle-edgedfeatheredged

   Similarbordered

Other forms of deckled

comparative

deckledder·

superlative

deckleddest·

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 deckled

What does deckled mean?

deckled means "having a rough edge; used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade".

How many syllables are in deckled?

deckled has 1 syllable: deckled.

What is another word for deckled?

Close synonyms include deckle-edged, featheredged. 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 deckled a common word?

deckled 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.