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smooth-plastered

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3 syllables
16 characters
English (US)
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3syllables

smoothplastered

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

smooth-plas-tered

Pronunciation

/smuːθ ˈplæstərd/

Stress

100 100

Morphemes

smooth, plaster + -ed

The word 'smooth-plastered' is a compound adjective divided into three syllables: smooth-plas-tered. Stress falls on the first syllable of each component word. It's formed from Old English and Latin roots with an English suffix.

Definitions

adjective
  1. 1

    Covered or finished with a smooth layer of plaster.

    “The smooth-plastered walls reflected the light beautifully.”

    syn:planedleveledevened
    ant:roughuneventextured

Stress pattern

Primary stress on the first syllable of 'smooth' and 'plas' in 'plastered'.

Syllables

3
smooth/smuːθ/
plas/plæs/
tered/tərd/

smooth — Open syllable, diphthong.. plas — Open syllable, short vowel.. tered — Closed syllable, schwa sound.

Word Parts

root

smooth, plaster

Old English and Latin origins respectively

suf

-ed

English past participle/adjective forming suffix

Similar Words

smooth­lyfas­terplas­tic

Vowel-Consonant-Consonant (VCC)

The vowel carries the syllable weight.

Consonant Blend + Vowel

Consonant clusters followed by a vowel form a syllable.

Consonant-Vowel-Consonant (CVC)

A consonant-vowel-consonant sequence forms a syllable.

  • The hyphen is a writing convention, not a phonological division.
  • Regional variations in vowel pronunciation.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/10/2025

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