iodoform

Questions about iodoform

What does iodoform mean?

iodoform means "sweet smelling yellow solid haloform CHI3". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in iodoform?

iodoform has 4 syllables and divides as i-o-do-form 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 iodoform?

Close synonyms include tri-iodomethane, triiodomethane. 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 iodoform a common word?

iodoform 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.