halftone

Questions about halftone

What does halftone mean?

halftone means "a print obtained from photoengraving". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in halftone?

halftone has 2 syllables: half-tone. The stress falls on "half". In IPA it is /ˈhæfˌtoʊn/.

What is another word for halftone?

Close synonyms include halftone engraving, photoengraving. 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 halftone a common word?

halftone 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.

What rhymes with halftone?

8 words rhyme with halftone. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.