Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beamlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: beam-like
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the form of a beam

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *bagmaz? Proto-West Germanic *baum Old English bēam Middle English bem English beam Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English beamlike From beam + -like.

Inflected Forms

more beamlike (comparative) most beamlike (superlative) beam-like (alternative)

Questions

What does beamlike mean?: Having the form of a beam
Where does beamlike come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *bagmaz? Proto-West Germanic *baum Old English bēam Middle English bem English beam Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English beamlike From beam + -like.

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