reclamation

Other forms of reclamation

plural

reclamations·

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 reclamation

What does reclamation mean?

reclamation means "the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in reclamation?

reclamation has 4 syllables: rec-la-ma-tion. The stress falls on "ma". In IPA it is /ˌɹɛkləˈmeɪʃən/.

What is another word for reclamation?

Close synonyms include renewal, rehabilitation, reformation. 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 reclamation a common word?

reclamation 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 reclamation?

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