scoured

Questions about scoured

What does scoured mean?

scoured means "worn away as by water or ice or wind".

How many syllables are in scoured?

scoured has 2 syllables: scou-red. The stress falls on "scou". In IPA it is /ˈskaʊɚd/.

What is another word for scoured?

Close synonyms include eroded. 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 scoured a common word?

scoured 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for scoured come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.