eye-drop

Questions about eye-drop

What does eye-drop mean?

eye-drop means "a drop from an eye dropper". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in eye-drop?

eye-drop has 2 syllables: eye--drop. The stress falls on "eye-".

What is another word for eye-drop?

Close synonyms include eyedrop, eyedrop. 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 eye-drop a common word?

eye-drop 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.