Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orangelike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: or-ange-like
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of an orange.

Example Sentences

"The crude oleoresin which was examined had a characteristic orangelike odor, and white crystals of resin acid had separated out."
"The schoolbooks say he changed the idea of the earth from a plate to an orangelike shape."
"[…]; collective “fruit” orangelike in size and form (Maclura)."
"6-Methyl heptanal and 6-methyl octanal were especially judged as very interesting because of their fresh, green, juicy, and orangelike odor qualities and their low odor thresholds of 1.2 μ/L and 5.6 μg/L, respectively."

Etymology

From orange + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: orange

Inflected Forms

more orangelike (comparative) most orangelike (superlative)

Synonyms

orangey orangish

Questions

What does orangelike mean?: Resembling or characteristic of an orange.
Where does orangelike come from?: From orange + -like.

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