low-set

Questions about low-set

What does low-set mean?

low-set means "short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in low-set?

low-set has 2 syllables and divides as low--set 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 low-set?

Close synonyms include chunky, dumpy, squat, squatty, stumpy. 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 low-set a common word?

low-set 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.