desorb

Questions about desorb

What does desorb mean?

desorb means "go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in desorb?

desorb has 2 syllables and divides as de-sorb 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.

Is desorb a common word?

desorb 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.