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PRONUNCIATION OF WOMBLIKE

womblike  [ˈwuːmlaɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WOMBLIKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Womblike is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES WOMBLIKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of womblike in the English dictionary

The definition of womblike in the dictionary is resembling the womb, esp in being warm, safe and enclosed.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WOMBLIKE


alike
əˈlaɪk
bird-like
ˈbɜːdˌlaɪk
childlike
ˈtʃaɪldˌlaɪk
comblike
ˈkəʊmlaɪk
dislike
dɪsˈlaɪk
godlike
ˈɡɒdˌlaɪk
homelike
ˈhəʊmˌlaɪk
human-like
ˈhjuːmənˌlaɪk
ladylike
ˈleɪdɪˌlaɪk
lifelike
ˈlaɪfˌlaɪk
like
laɪk
like-for-like
ˌlaɪkfəˈlaɪk
likes
ˈlaɪk
lookalike
ˈlʊkəˌlaɪk
soul-like
ˈsəʊlˌlaɪk
summer-like
ˈsʌməˌlaɪk
sunlike
ˈsʌnˌlaɪk
unlike
ʌnˈlaɪk
wandlike
ˈwɒndˌlaɪk
wormlike
ˈwɜːmlaɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WOMBLIKE

womanizing
womankind
womanless
womanliness
womanly
womanness
womanpower
womb
womb-leasing
wombat
wombed
womby
women
Women´s Centre
women´s group

WORDS THAT END LIKE WOMBLIKE

biblike
cherublike
crablike
feel like
herblike
hoblike
knoblike
lamblike
niblike
riblike
shrublike
slablike
stone-like
suchlike
the like
there´s nothing like
thumblike
tomblike
tublike
weblike

Synonyms and antonyms of womblike in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «womblike» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WOMBLIKE

Find out the translation of womblike to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of womblike from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «womblike» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

womblike
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

seno materno
570 millions of speakers

English

womblike
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

womblike
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

womblike
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

womblike
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

uterino
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

womblike
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

in-utero
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Womblike
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

womblike
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

womblike
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

womblike
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Womblike
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

womblike
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

womblike
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वक्षस्थळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

womblike
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

simile al grembo materno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

womblike
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

womblike
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

womblike
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άσπλαχνης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

womblike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

womblike
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

womblike
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of womblike

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WOMBLIKE»

The term «womblike» is normally little used and occupies the 147.982 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WOMBLIKE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about womblike

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WOMBLIKE»

Discover the use of womblike in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to womblike and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Burnin' Down the House: Home in African American Literature
Thus he transforms his assigned place, the Daltons' basement (a womblike place ), into the center of the household as the community searches for the missing girl. In contrast, the character Mary Rambo in Invisible Man tempers her poverty and ...
Valerie Sweeney Prince, 2013
2
Trauma, Transformation, And Healing.: An Integrated Approach ...
Encapsulated, Womblike Inner Space It is important to recognize that the “ womblike” quality of the lodge directly concerns a psychological “inner space." ( See Erikson, 1968, and McClelland, 1974, for a discussion of inner space.) First, 52 ...
J. P. Wilson, 2014
3
Close Viewings: An Anthology of New Film Criticism
The lighting, however, unites all these spaces with womblike connotations. The womb imagery in The Searchers also relates to the function of rape in the film. Several literal rapes occur or are implied: Scar presumably rapes Martha before ...
Peter Lehman, 1990
4
Imagining Adoption: Essays on Literature and Culture
In the next stanza, the womblike connotation of a woman's enchanted room again suggests the adoption subtext; Cinderella misses and invents an enclosed, womblike fantasy space: . . . the dream room That had been lived in and never ...
Marianne Novy, 2004
5
Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol: The Ultimate Unauthorized and ...
Dan Brown then writes that, “A sudden womblike silence engulfed him”, along with a realisation by Langdon that he's going to die. Now, this is analogy with the womb is a very important theme in The Lost Symbol. Remember that in Chapter 62 ...
Alex Carmine, 2009
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SPIN
Whiplash. aggro-. bang. and. languid. womblike. pulsations. that. test. the. edges. of. sonic. fertility. Music. for. the. terminally. hip,. the. ultra-aware,. and. those. who . twitch. to. the. beat. of. a. different. drum. Column. by. Judge. l-Rankin.
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Post-Traumatic Therapy And Victims Of Violence
The interior of the lodge creates a womblike environment that produces feelings of claustrophobia and an urge to escape. However, as the members are tightly packed in a circle, there develops a sense of being collectively joined and ...
Frank Ochberg, 2013
8
The Muse of Abandonment: Origin, Identity, Mastery, in Five ...
The poem's womblike Edenic moment is shattered, however, as the final lines deliver the rough shock that Valentine is often capable of delivering: "We didn't know / we were so close / to the world's mouth, the drunk bear's ashy thing" (RW, 2).
Lee Upton, 1998
9
Thomas Kinkade: The Artist in the Mall
Nostalgic longing as a desire to return to the unitary reality of the maternal bond also explains the “womblike” aesthetic found within Kinkade's imagery. As Randall Balmer notes, Kinkade's “paintings provide shelter, a kind of enwombing.
Alexis L. Boylan, 2011
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The Bonding of Isaac: Stories and Essays about Gender and ...
Then he shoved all of the mixed emotions back into his stomach, calling upon his animal urge to assert itself and quell his womblike empathy. Ishmael was gone. He told his heart, "Perhaps on his own he'll make a man of himself, because he ...
Joel Lurie Grishaver, 1997

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WOMBLIKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term womblike is used in the context of the following news items.
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7 design trends coming to an office near you
But KI's Sway seating is a new take on womblike chairs from the past, proving that design can move forward while consciously looking back. articlePara - html? «Crain's Chicago Business, Jul 15»
2
Sound of mom's voice boosts brain growth in premature babies
Now, an unusual study with 40 preemies suggests that recreating a womblike environment with recordings of a mother's heartbeat and voice could potentially ... «Science AAAS, Feb 15»
3
Famine or Feast?
Generally, though, this dependability added to Buchinger's womblike atmosphere (“cold womblike,” in Sarah's view), where life's most basic choices are made ... «New York Times, Nov 14»
4
This Week In Matthew McConaughey-Placenta News
... easier to develop his kundalini in a womblike space and the Spanish tile didn't feel very womblike) in the dozing, half-shuttered light of the Malibu afternoon. «TheGloss, Dec 12»
5
Spas & Beauty Services
It just felt womblike.” Her first order of business upon move-in was to cover up much of the exposed brick with plaster painted pale pink, blue, and yellow, just like ... «New York Magazine, Apr 12»

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