shrew-sized

1. 1.

   having the approximate size of a shrew

   Similarsized

Questions about shrew-sized

What does shrew-sized mean?

shrew-sized means "having the approximate size of a shrew".

How many syllables are in shrew-sized?

shrew-sized has 2 syllables and divides as shrew--sized 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 shrew-sized a common word?

shrew-sized 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.