made-up

1. 1.

   having been paved

   Similarpaved

   United Kingdom

Questions about made-up

What does made-up mean?

made-up means "having been paved".

How many syllables are in made-up?

made-up has 3 syllables and divides as ma-de--up 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 made-up a common word?

made-up 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.