detox

Questions about detox

What does detox mean?

detox means "the hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in detox?

detox has 2 syllables: de-tox. The stress falls on "de". In IPA it is /ˈdiˌtɑks/.

What is another word for detox?

Close synonyms include detoxify. 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 detox a common word?

detox is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.