sima

1. 1.

   rock that form the continuous lower layer of the earth's crust; rich in silicon and magnesium

   Broaderrock

Other forms of sima

plural

simas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sima

What does sima mean?

sima means "rock that form the continuous lower layer of the earth's crust; rich in silicon and magnesium".

How many syllables are in sima?

sima has 2 syllables: si-ma. The stress falls on "si". In IPA it is /ˈsimə/.

Is sima a common word?

sima 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.