Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chimneylike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chim-ney-like
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a chimney, especially in shape

Example Sentences

"“Some are tall and chimneylike, heroic cones,[…],” he said."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more chimneylike (comparative) most chimneylike (superlative)

Questions

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

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