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 and divides as mez-cal 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 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.