moss-grown

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: moss--grown. The stress falls on "moss-".

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.