pecs

Other forms of pecs

plural

pecses·

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 pecs

What does pecs mean?

pecs means "either of two large muscles of the chest".

How many syllables are in pecs?

pecs has 1 syllable: pecs.

What is another word for pecs?

Close synonyms include pectoral, pectoral muscle, pectoralis, musculus pectoralis. 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 pecs a common word?

pecs 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.