What does intumescent mean?

intumescent means "abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas".

How many syllables are in intumescent?

intumescent has 4 syllables: in-tu-me-scent. The stress falls on "tu".

What is another word for intumescent?

Close synonyms include puffy, tumescent, tumid, turgid. 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 intumescent a common word?

intumescent 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.

intumescent — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
“hungry children with bloated stomachs”
“he had a grossly distended stomach”
“eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids”
“swollen hands”
“tumescent tissue”
“puffy tumid flesh”
Synonymspuffy tumescent tumid turgid
Similarunhealthy

Questions about intumescent

What does intumescent mean?: intumescent means "abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas".
How many syllables are in intumescent?: intumescent has 4 syllables: in-tu-me-scent. The stress falls on "tu".
What is another word for intumescent?: Close synonyms include puffy, tumescent, tumid, turgid. 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 intumescent a common word?: intumescent 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for intumescent come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
“hungry children with bloated stomachs”
“he had a grossly distended stomach”
“eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids”
“swollen hands”
“tumescent tissue”
“puffy tumid flesh”
Synonymspuffy tumescent tumid turgid
Similarunhealthy

Questions about intumescent

What does intumescent mean?: intumescent means "abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas".
How many syllables are in intumescent?: intumescent has 4 syllables: in-tu-me-scent. The stress falls on "tu".
What is another word for intumescent?: Close synonyms include puffy, tumescent, tumid, turgid. 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 intumescent a common word?: intumescent 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for intumescent come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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