What does sabre-toothed mean?

sabre-toothed means "having teeth that resemble sabers".

How many syllables are in sabre-toothed?

sabre-toothed has 3 syllables and divides as sa-bre-too-thed 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 sabre-toothed?

Close synonyms include saber-toothed, sabertoothed. 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 sabre-toothed a common word?

sabre-toothed 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.

Sabre-toothed — meaning, 2 synonyms and examples

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
having teeth that resemble sabers
“a saber-toothed tiger”
Synonymssaber-toothed sabertoothed
Similartoothed

Questions about sabre-toothed

What does sabre-toothed mean?: sabre-toothed means "having teeth that resemble sabers".
How many syllables are in sabre-toothed?: sabre-toothed has 3 syllables and divides as sa-bre-too-thed 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.

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