water-shield

Questions about water-shield

What does water-shield mean?

water-shield means "aquatic plant with floating oval leaves and purple flowers; in lakes and slow-moving streams; suitable for aquariums". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in water-shield?

water-shield has 3 syllables: wa-ter--shield. The stress falls on "wa".

What is another word for water-shield?

Close synonyms include Brasenia schreberi, water-target, fanwort, Cabomba caroliniana. 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 water-shield a common word?

water-shield 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.