semi-prostrate

1. 1.

   imperfectly prostrate; prostrate for part of its length

   “the semi-prostrate evergreen, purple heather”

   Similarunerect

Questions about semi-prostrate

What does semi-prostrate mean?

semi-prostrate means "imperfectly prostrate; prostrate for part of its length".

How many syllables are in semi-prostrate?

semi-prostrate has 4 syllables and divides as se-mi--pro-strate 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.

Is semi-prostrate a common word?

semi-prostrate 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.