lozenge

Other forms of lozenge

plural

lozenges·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lozenge

What does lozenge mean?

lozenge means "a small aromatic or medicated candy". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lozenge?

lozenge has 2 syllables: lo-zenge. The stress falls on "lo". In IPA it is /ˈlɔzəndʒ/.

What is another word for lozenge?

Close synonyms include pill, tablet, tab. 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 lozenge a common word?

lozenge is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.