defeminise

Questions about defeminise

What does defeminise mean?

defeminise means "remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats)".

How many syllables are in defeminise?

defeminise has 4 syllables: de-fe-mi-nise. The stress falls on "fe".

What is another word for defeminise?

Close synonyms include defeminize. 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 defeminise a common word?

defeminise is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.