pyrolignic

1. 1.

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

   Synonymspyroligneous

Questions about pyrolignic

What does pyrolignic mean?

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

How many syllables are in pyrolignic?

pyrolignic has 4 syllables: py-ro-lig-nic. The stress falls on "lig".

What is another word for pyrolignic?

Close synonyms include pyroligneous. 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 pyrolignic a common word?

pyrolignic 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.