moss-grown

1. 1.

   overgrown with moss

   Synonymsmossy

   Similarcovered
2. 2.

   (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned

   “moss-grown ideas about family life”

   Synonymsfogyishmossystick-in-the-mudstodgy

   Similarunfashionable

Questions about moss-grown

What does moss-grown mean?

moss-grown means "overgrown with moss". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in moss-grown?

moss-grown has 2 syllables and divides as moss--grown 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 moss-grown?

Close synonyms include mossy, fogyish, mossy, stick-in-the-mud, stodgy. 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 moss-grown a common word?

moss-grown is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.