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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

troughlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
trough-like
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a trough.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more troughlike (comparative) most troughlike (superlative)

Questions

What does troughlike mean?
Resembling or characteristic of a trough.
Where does troughlike come from?
Etymology tree English trough Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English troughlike From trough + -like.

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