Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blocklike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: block-like
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having an oblong shape

Example Sentences

"[…] the dim, tall, blocklike shadows behind the trees make it start to look, weirdly, as if this were Central Park as painted by Vuillard."

Etymology

Etymology tree English block Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English blocklike From block + -like.

Inflected Forms

more blocklike (comparative) most blocklike (superlative) block-like (alternative)

Questions

What does blocklike mean?: Having an oblong shape
Where does blocklike come from?: Etymology tree English block Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English blocklike From block + -like.

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