Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scissorlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scis-sor-like
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of scissors.

Example Sentences

"You simply put a cherry in the little cup at one end of the scissorlike device and then close it with one swift action."

Etymology

From scissor + -like.

Inflected Forms

more scissorlike (comparative) most scissorlike (superlative) scissor-like (alternative)

Questions

What does scissorlike mean?: Resembling or characteristic of scissors.
Where does scissorlike come from?: From scissor + -like.

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