Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ovenlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oven-like
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling an oven, especially in shape

adj

Resembling the temperature inside a hot oven.

Example Sentences

"The massive bricks and low arches of this hall make it dungeonlike, even ovenlike."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more ovenlike (comparative) most ovenlike (superlative) oven-like (alternative)

Questions

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

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