cartilage
nounHow many syllables in cartilage?
There are 3 syllables in the word cartilage.How to pronounce cartilage:
Definition of cartilage:
- cartilage (noun):
- tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults.
- a usually translucent (see translucent sense 1) somewhat elastic tissue that composes most of the skeleton of vertebrate embryos and except for a small number of structures (such as some joints, respiratory passages, and the external ear) is replaced by bone during ossification in the higher vertebrates
Synonyms for cartilage:
adam's apple
animal tissue
arytaenoid
arytenoid
arytenoid cartilage
cartilaginous structure
collagen
fibrocartilage
gristle
ground substance
hyaline cartilage
intercellular substance
matrix
meniscus
semilunar cartilage
Antonyms for cartilage:
exoskeleton
hydrostatic skeleton
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- cartier
- cartable
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- cannabis
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- canaanite
- camouflaged
- camembert
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- calvary
- calories
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- calculus
- calathea
- cagily
- caesura
- caesarean
- caesarea
- caciques
- cabulum
- cabrito
- cabbages
- buttering
- butchery
- bustier
- buscemi
- burrowing
- burritos
- burlington
- bureaucrats
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