stonewash

Questions about stonewash

What does stonewash mean?

stonewash means "wash with stones to achieve a worn appearance".

How many syllables are in stonewash?

stonewash has 3 syllables and divides as sto-ne-wash 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.

What is another word for stonewash?

Close synonyms include stone-wash. 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 stonewash a common word?

stonewash 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.