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-sicle

-sicle suffix: combined with a noun to indicate something cold or frozen.

Suffix

-sicle (noun-forming suffix, plural -sicles)

  1. (informal) Combined with a noun to indicate something cold or frozen.

Forms of -sicle

plural-sicles
alternative form-icle

Origin of -sicle

From icicle or popsicle.

Questions about -sicle

What does -sicle mean?
-sicle means combined with a noun to indicate something cold or frozen.
What part of speech is -sicle?
-sicle is a suffix.

Words near -sicle in the dictionary

  1. -sexual
  2. -sful
  3. -ship
  4. -ships
  5. -shire
  6. -sicle
  7. -sicles
  8. -side
  9. -sie
  10. -sies
  11. -sion

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