Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clamplike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: clam-p-like
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a clamp.

Example Sentences

"There are battery-powered traps that electrocute them and the classic spring-activated wire traps and similar clamplike plastic traps."

Etymology

From clamp + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: clamp

Inflected Forms

more clamplike (comparative) most clamplike (superlative)

Questions

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

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