tomblike
/tˈumlˌaɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a tomb.
Example Sentences
- "Yossarian walked out of the office and down the stairs into the dark, tomblike street, passing in the hall the stout woman with warts and two chins, who was already on her way back in."
- "He wrapped himself in a heavy cloak and went out from his sleeping chamber into the tomblike silence of the castle."
Etymology
From tomb + -like.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more tomblike (comparative)
most tomblike (superlative)