turbinal

Questions about turbinal

What does turbinal mean?

turbinal means "any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates".

How many syllables are in turbinal?

turbinal has 3 syllables and divides as tur-bi-nal 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 turbinal?

Close synonyms include turbinate bone, turbinate. 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 turbinal a common word?

turbinal 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.