Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cavelike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cave-like
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a cave

Example Sentences

"My son and I got to escape our cavelike apartment."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more cavelike (comparative) most cavelike (superlative)

Synonyms

cavernous

Questions

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

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