Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bonelike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bone-like
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of bone.

Example Sentences

"To the south, as Halliday followed the winding course of the river, the darkness gave way to the deep indigo tracts of the irrigation project, the lines of canals forming an exquisite bonelike gridwork.”"

Etymology

From bone + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: bone

Inflected Forms

more bonelike (comparative) most bonelike (superlative)

Questions

What does bonelike mean?: Resembling or characteristic of bone.
Where does bonelike come from?: From bone + -like.

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