tussur

Questions about tussur

What does tussur mean?

tussur means "oriental moth that produces brownish silk".

How many syllables are in tussur?

tussur has 2 syllables and divides as tus-sur 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 tussur?

Close synonyms include tussah, tusseh, tussore, tusser, Antheraea mylitta. 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 tussur a common word?

tussur 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.