eight-sided

1. 1.

   having eight sides

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Questions about eight-sided

What does eight-sided mean?

eight-sided means "having eight sides".

How many syllables are in eight-sided?

eight-sided has 3 syllables and divides as eight--si-ded 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 eight-sided a common word?

eight-sided 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.