Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

marllike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mar-l-like
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of marl.

Example Sentences

"In the few areas underlain by horizontally bedded limestone, the surface soil is dark gray to black and peatlike, and the subsoil gray and marllike."

Etymology

From marl + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: marl

Inflected Forms

more marllike (comparative) most marllike (superlative)

Questions

What does marllike mean?: Resembling or characteristic of marl.
Where does marllike come from?: From marl + -like.

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