grumose

Questions about grumose

What does grumose mean?

grumose means "transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass".

How many syllables are in grumose?

grumose has 2 syllables and divides as gru-mose 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.

What is another word for grumose?

Close synonyms include coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumous. 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 grumose a common word?

grumose 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.