suspended

1. 1.

   (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment

   “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”

   “dust particles suspended in the air”

   “droplets in suspension in a gas”

   Similarsupported

Questions about suspended

What does suspended mean?

suspended means "(of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment".

How many syllables are in suspended?

suspended has 3 syllables: su-spen-ded. The stress falls on "spen". In IPA it is /səˈspɛndɪd/.

Is suspended a common word?

suspended is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.