semiarid

1. 1.

   somewhat arid

   “a semiarid region with little annual rainfall”

   Similardry

Questions about semiarid

What does semiarid mean?

semiarid means "somewhat arid".

How many syllables are in semiarid?

semiarid has 4 syllables and divides as se-mi-a-rid 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 semiarid a common word?

semiarid 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.