stopped-up

Questions about stopped-up

What does stopped-up mean?

stopped-up means "(of a nose) blocked". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stopped-up?

stopped-up has 3 syllables and divides as stop-pe-d-up 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 stopped-up?

Close synonyms include stopped, stopped up, chinked. 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 stopped-up a common word?

stopped-up 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.