Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

catapultlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cat-a-pult-like
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a catapult.

Example Sentences

"Rumor once had it that Larry Poons used a catapultlike device to hurl paint onto upright canvases."

Etymology

From catapult + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: catapult

Inflected Forms

more catapultlike (comparative) most catapultlike (superlative)

Questions

What does catapultlike mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a catapult.
Where does catapultlike come from?: From catapult + -like.

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