mezcal

Other forms of mezcal

plural

mezcals·

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 mezcal

What does mezcal mean?

mezcal means "a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons".

How many syllables are in mezcal?

mezcal has 2 syllables: mez-cal. The stress falls on "mez".

What is another word for mezcal?

Close synonyms include mescal, peyote, Lophophora williamsii. 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 mezcal a common word?

mezcal 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.