vacuolate

1. 1.

   formed into or containing one or more vacuoles or small membrane-bound cavities within a cell

   Synonymsvacuolated

Questions about vacuolate

What does vacuolate mean?

vacuolate means "formed into or containing one or more vacuoles or small membrane-bound cavities within a cell".

How many syllables are in vacuolate?

vacuolate has 4 syllables: va-cu-o-late. The stress falls on "cu".

What is another word for vacuolate?

Close synonyms include vacuolated. 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 vacuolate a common word?

vacuolate 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.