ingrown

Questions about ingrown

What does ingrown mean?

ingrown means "growing abnormally into the flesh".

How many syllables are in ingrown?

ingrown has 2 syllables and divides as in-grown 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 ingrown?

Close synonyms include ingrowing. 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 ingrown a common word?

ingrown 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.