Word.ws English Dictionary

interstress

interstress adjective: between stressed syllables.

Adjective

interstress (not comparable)

  1. Between stressed syllables.

Origin of interstress

From inter- + stress.

Questions about interstress

What does interstress mean?
Interstress means between stressed syllables.
What part of speech is interstress?
Interstress is an adjective.

Words near interstress in the dictionary

  1. interstreaked
  2. interstreaking
  3. interstreaks
  4. interstream
  5. interstreet
  6. interstress
  7. interstria
  8. interstriae
  9. interstrial
  10. interstriation
  11. interstride

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: interstress (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “interstress.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/interstress. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.