recurvate

1. 1.

   curved backward or inward

   Synonymsrecurved

   Similarcurved

Questions about recurvate

What does recurvate mean?

recurvate means "curved backward or inward".

How many syllables are in recurvate?

recurvate has 3 syllables and divides as re-cur-vate 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 recurvate?

Close synonyms include recurved. 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.