Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cribriform

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables: crib-ri-form
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve.

Example Sentences

"the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform compress"
""To conclude this portion of our investigation therefore," cried Barbican, clearing his throat, and occupying Aldan's right ear,—"the Moon's surface is a honey combed, perforated, punctured—" "A fistulous, a rugose, salebrous,—" cut in the Captain, close on the left. —"And highly cribriform superficies—" cried Barbican. —"A sieve, a riddle, a colander—" shouted the Captain."

Etymology

From Latin cribrum (“sieve”) + -form.

Inflected Forms

more cribriform (comparative) most cribriform (superlative)

Phrases

cribriform plate

Synonyms

cribrous

Questions

What does cribriform mean?: Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve.
Where does cribriform come from?: From Latin cribrum (“sieve”) + -form.

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