xerotes

Other forms of xerotes

plural

xeroteses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about xerotes

What does xerotes mean?

xerotes means "the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)".

How many syllables are in xerotes?

xerotes has 2 syllables: xero-tes. The stress falls on "xero".

What is another word for xerotes?

Close synonyms include dryness, waterlessness. 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 xerotes a common word?

xerotes 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.