Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

basementlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: base-ment-like
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a basement.

Example Sentences

"These television spots — they were, almost incidentally, for jeans — featured a deliberately cheesy, amateurishly lighted basementlike setting with cheap wall paneling."

Etymology

From basement + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: basement

Inflected Forms

more basementlike (comparative) most basementlike (superlative)

Questions

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

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