Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

archless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: arch-less
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lacking arches.

Example Sentences

"archless door frames"
"The archless tunnel was shaped like the outer door of the Vatican—straight across, narrow at the top, ceiled with slabs of stone and broad at the bottom, a matter of ten feet at least."
"Towards this light Mr Flay suddenly turned and ran, while Swelter, whose frustrated blood-lust was ripe as a persimmon, thinking the thin man to have panicked, pursued him with horribly nimble steps for all the archless suction of his soles."

Etymology

From arch + -less.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: arch

Questions

What does archless mean?: Lacking arches.
Where does archless come from?: From arch + -less.

How to pronounce archless

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