three-cornered

1. 1.

   having three corners

   “a three-cornered hat”

   Similarangular
2. 2.

   involving a group or set of three

   “a three-cornered race”

   Similarmultilateral

Questions about three-cornered

What does three-cornered mean?

three-cornered means "having three corners". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in three-cornered?

three-cornered has 3 syllables and divides as three-cor-ne-red 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.