lip-gloss

1. 1.

   makeup that makes the lips shiny

   Broadermakeup

Questions about lip-gloss

What does lip-gloss mean?

lip-gloss means "makeup that makes the lips shiny".

How many syllables are in lip-gloss?

lip-gloss has 2 syllables and divides as lip--gloss 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.

Is lip-gloss a common word?

lip-gloss 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.