Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ditchlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ditch-like
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a ditch.

Example Sentences

"A small stream fed it and continued beyond it, so that the sheet of water, though turbid, was never ditchlike or unhealthy."

Etymology

From ditch + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ditch

Inflected Forms

more ditchlike (comparative) most ditchlike (superlative)

Questions

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

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