Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underchin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-chin
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The underpart of the chin.

Example Sentences

"The others, however, were not much improvement as respects looks: one had a projecting underchin, the other a very broad face, and the three were anything but pleasing in appearance."

Etymology

under- + chin

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under

Inflected Forms

underchins (plural)

Questions

What does underchin mean?: The underpart of the chin.
Where does underchin come from?: under- + chin

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