pyroligneous

1. 1.

   of a substance produced by the effect of heat on wood, especially by destructive distillation

   Synonymspyrolignic

Questions about pyroligneous

What does pyroligneous mean?

pyroligneous means "of a substance produced by the effect of heat on wood, especially by destructive distillation".

How many syllables are in pyroligneous?

pyroligneous has 5 syllables and divides as py-ro-lig-ne-ous 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 pyroligneous?

Close synonyms include pyrolignic. 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 pyroligneous a common word?

pyroligneous 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.