sorrel

1. 1.

   of a light brownish color

   Synonymsbrownish-orange

   Similarchromatic

Other forms of sorrel

plural

sorrels·

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 sorrel

What does sorrel mean?

sorrel means "any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sorrel?

sorrel has 2 syllables: sor-rel. The stress falls on "sor". In IPA it is /ˈsɔɹəl/.

What is another word for sorrel?

Close synonyms include oxalis, wood sorrel, dock, sour grass, roselle. 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 sorrel a common word?

sorrel 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.