lignite

Questions about lignite

What does lignite mean?

lignite means "intermediate between peat and bituminous coal".

How many syllables are in lignite?

lignite has 2 syllables: lig-nite. The stress falls on "lig". In IPA it is /ˈlɪɡˌnaɪt/.

What is another word for lignite?

Close synonyms include brown coal, wood coal. 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 lignite a common word?

lignite 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.

What rhymes with lignite?

19 words rhyme with lignite. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.