Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shroudlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: shroud-like
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a shroud.

Example Sentences

"To devour a mitochondrion, a cell first swaddles it in a shroudlike membrane, which is then transported to a lysosome."

Etymology

From shroud + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: shroud

Inflected Forms

more shroudlike (comparative) most shroudlike (superlative)

Questions

What does shroudlike mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a shroud.
Where does shroudlike come from?: From shroud + -like.

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