phosphoric

1. 1.

   containing or characteristic of phosphorus

   “phosphoric acid”

   Synonymsphosphorous

Questions about phosphoric

What does phosphoric mean?

phosphoric means "containing or characteristic of phosphorus".

How many syllables are in phosphoric?

phosphoric has 3 syllables: pho-spho-ric. The stress falls on "pho". In IPA it is /ˈfɑsfɚɪk/.

What is another word for phosphoric?

Close synonyms include phosphorous. 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 phosphoric a common word?

phosphoric 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.