Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bowable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bow-able
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being bowed (bent)

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"In a multi-convoluted helical conveyor of the character described for transporting substantially flat-bottomed full or empty dishtrays, the combination of a supporting structure, a pair of helically-parallel track bars supported by said structure, a plurality of chain-driving sprockets, and an endless, slatted, link-chain belt comprised of a bowable and twistable link-chain, […]"

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bowable, boweable, equivalent to bow + -able.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: bowable
Suffix: bow

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more bowable (comparative) most bowable (superlative)

Derived Forms

unbowable

Synonyms

flexible bendable bendy yielding

Questions

What does bowable mean?: Capable of being bowed (bent)
Where does bowable come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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