Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dominolike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: domi-no-like
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a domino (game piece), especially in having the propensity to tumble in a chain reaction.

Example Sentences

"Any failure in the cableway system would have a dominolike effect on the entire project, upsetting the pouring timetable, snarling rail traffic […]"
"He also feared that Vietnam's fall would lead to dominolike communist successes in Southeast Asia."
"This same event was repeated in a dominolike sequence as motorists on both sides of the road hastened to undo their automatic reaction […]"

Etymology

From domino + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: domino

Inflected Forms

more dominolike (comparative) most dominolike (superlative)

Questions

What does dominolike mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a domino (game piece), especially in having the propensity to tumble in a chain reaction.
Where does dominolike come from?: From domino + -like.

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