horn-rimmed

1. 1.

   having the frame made of horn or tortoise shell or plastic that simulates either

   “horn-rimmed glasses”

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Questions about horn-rimmed

What does horn-rimmed mean?

horn-rimmed means "having the frame made of horn or tortoise shell or plastic that simulates either".

How many syllables are in horn-rimmed?

horn-rimmed has 2 syllables and divides as horn--rimmed 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 horn-rimmed a common word?

horn-rimmed 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.