perforated

Questions about perforated

What does perforated mean?

perforated means "having a hole cut through". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in perforated?

perforated has 4 syllables: per-fo-ra-ted. The stress falls on "per". In IPA it is /ˈpɝfɚˌeɪtɪd/.

What is another word for perforated?

Close synonyms include pierced, perforate, punctured. 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 perforated a common word?

perforated 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.

What rhymes with perforated?

40 words rhyme with perforated. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.