foliated

1. 1.

   ornamented with foliage or foils

   “foliate tracery”

   “a foliated capital”

   Synonymsfoliate

   architecture

2. 2.

   (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata

   Synonymsfoliatefoliaceous

   Similarstratified

Questions about foliated

What does foliated mean?

foliated means "ornamented with foliage or foils". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in foliated?

foliated has 4 syllables: fo-li-a-ted. The stress falls on "li".

What is another word for foliated?

Close synonyms include foliate, foliate, foliaceous. 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 foliated a common word?

foliated 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.