orbicular

Questions about orbicular

What does orbicular mean?

orbicular means "circular or nearly circular". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in orbicular?

orbicular has 4 syllables and divides as or-bi-cu-lar 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 orbicular?

Close synonyms include orbiculate, ball-shaped, global, globose, globular. 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 orbicular a common word?

orbicular 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.