lobster-backed

1. 1.

   used of British soldiers during the American Revolutionary War because of their red coats

   Synonymsred-coated

   Similarclothed

Questions about lobster-backed

What does lobster-backed mean?

lobster-backed means "used of British soldiers during the American Revolutionary War because of their red coats".

How many syllables are in lobster-backed?

lobster-backed has 3 syllables and divides as lob-ster-bac-ked 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 lobster-backed?

Close synonyms include red-coated. 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.