Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whalelike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: whale-like
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a whale.

Example Sentences

"But there were others, too. Whalelike things that glided serenely through murky depths, warmed by a radioactive core they had assembled in the moon’s core."

Etymology

From whale + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: whale

Inflected Forms

more whalelike (comparative) most whalelike (superlative)

Questions

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

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