Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boatlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: boat-like
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a boat

Example Sentences

"The bigger problem, though, was finding a space that could accommodate the boatlike LS, which is 198 inches long."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more boatlike (comparative) most boatlike (superlative)

Questions

What does boatlike mean?: Resembling a boat
Where does boatlike come from?: Etymology tree English boat Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English boatlike From boat + -like.

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