mace

1. 1.

   (trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization

   SynonymsChemical Mace

   Broaderchloroacetophenone

   trademark

2. 2.

   an official who carries a mace of office

   Synonymsmacebearermacer

   Broaderofficial
3. 3.

   spice made from the dried fleshy covering of the nutmeg seed

   Broaderspice
4. 4.

   a ceremonial staff carried as a symbol of office or authority

   Broaderstaff

Other forms of mace

plural

maces·

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 mace

What does mace mean?

mace means "(trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mace?

mace has 1 syllable: mace. In IPA it is /ˈmeɪs/.

What is another word for mace?

Close synonyms include Chemical Mace, macebearer, macer. 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 mace a common word?

mace is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.