Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sabrelike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sabre-like
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

resembling a sabre

Example Sentences

"ABOUT 15 years ago I witnessed a 500-pound bluefin flown in from Montauk fetch $50,000 wholesale and watched it being cut with a lengthy sabrelike steel blade into tapering vertical quarters."

Etymology

From sabre + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sabre

Inflected Forms

more sabrelike (comparative) most sabrelike (superlative)

Questions

What does sabrelike mean?: resembling a sabre
Where does sabrelike come from?: From sabre + -like.

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