Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

barkless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bark-less
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without bark (the tree covering).

adj

That does not bark.

Example Sentences

"Pearlie has managed to acquire a phone that purrs, but doesn’t ring; she has found a breed of barkless dog; she censors the newspapers by cutting out upsetting articles."

Etymology

From bark + -less.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: bark

Derived Forms

barklessness

Questions

What does barkless mean?: Without bark (the tree covering).
Where does barkless come from?: From bark + -less.

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