Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peatlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: peat-like
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or resembling peat; peaty.

Example Sentences

"In the few areas underlain by horizontally bedded limestone, the surface soil is dark gray to black and peatlike, and the subsoil gray and marllike."

Etymology

From peat + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: peat

Inflected Forms

more peatlike (comparative) most peatlike (superlative)

Questions

What does peatlike mean?: Of or resembling peat; peaty.
Where does peatlike come from?: From peat + -like.

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