Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tubelike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tube-like
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a tube, especially in shape.

Example Sentences

"At risk are the corpora cavernosa, the two tubelike masses of tissue that run through the center of the penis."

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin tuba Latin tubusder. Middle French tubeder. English tube Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English tubelike From tube + -like.

Inflected Forms

more tubelike (comparative) most tubelike (superlative)

Synonyms

tubular cannular tube-shaped vasiform

Questions

What does tubelike mean?: Resembling a tube, especially in shape.
Where does tubelike come from?: Etymology tree Latin tuba Latin tubusder. Middle French tubeder. English tube Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English tubelike From tube + -like.

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