Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chimelike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chime-like
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a chime.

Example Sentences

"He is perhaps best known for his sounding sculptures, metal sculptures with masses of rods or wires that make chimelike sounds when touched or moved by the wind."

Etymology

From chime + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: chime

Inflected Forms

more chimelike (comparative) most chimelike (superlative)

Questions

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

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