anastomosing
/əˈnæs.təˌmoʊ.zɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.52 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
present participle and gerund of anastomose
adj
Fused together in a vein-like network; used to describe mushroom gills that are interconnected with veins.
adj
Networked into irregularly branching and reconnecting veins of ore.
Example Sentences
- "Happisburgh's humans discarded their stone tools close to one of several anastomosing, slow-flowing low-energy rivers, all of which meandered across a floodplain into a large estuary."
- "It is also generally marked above by flexuose anastomosing black, indented lines, whence it appears as if insculpt with rivulose sutures."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈnæs.təˌmoʊ.zɪŋ/