gum-lac

1. 1.

   an inferior lac produced by lac insects in Madagascar

   Broaderlac

Questions about gum-lac

What does gum-lac mean?

gum-lac means "an inferior lac produced by lac insects in Madagascar".

How many syllables are in gum-lac?

gum-lac has 2 syllables and divides as gum--lac 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 gum-lac a common word?

gum-lac 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.