hydrous

Questions about hydrous

What does hydrous mean?

hydrous means "containing combined water (especially water of crystallization as in a hydrate)".

How many syllables are in hydrous?

hydrous has 2 syllables: hy-drous. The stress falls on "hy". In IPA it is /ˈhaɪdɹəs/.

What is another word for hydrous?

Close synonyms include hydrated. 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.

What is the opposite of hydrous?

The recorded antonyms are anhydrous.

Is hydrous a common word?

hydrous 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.