basilar
/ˈbas.ɪl.ə/US/ˈbæz.əl.ɚ/
basilar adjective: of, pertaining to, or located at a base, but especially at the base of the skull or an organ of Corti.
Adjective
basilar (not comparable)
- Of, pertaining to, or located at a base, but especially at the base of the skull or an organ of Corti.
- Lower, inferior, base.
- […] that which he has in common with the lion, the cow and the horse—namely, the basilar instincts and appetites that in the animal creation constitute the whole.1883, Henry Ward Beecher, “What is the Bible?”, in Plymouth Pulpit: A Weekly Publication of Sermons Preached by Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church Brooklyn, volume 6, number 17, page 343
basilar meaning in Tamil
basilar in Tamil
- அடித்தளத்தின், அடித்தளப்பகுதி, அடித்தளம்
Synonyms of basilar
Forms of basilar
| alternative form | basilary |
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Origin of basilar
Borrowing from New Latin basilāris, irregularly from basis (“a pedestal, foot, base”) + -āris (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix); or from French basilaire, from base (“base, basis”) + -aire (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix), in the pattern of cimbalaire (“cymbal-shaped”).
Words formed from basilar
- basilar artery
- basilar crest
- basilar groove
- basilar index
- basilar lamina
- basilar membrane
- basilar meningitis
- bibasilar
- cervicobasilar
- parietobasilar
- petrobasilar
- pharyngobasilar
- suprabasilar
- tribasilar
- ventrobasilar
- vertebrobasilar
- vomerobasilar
Phrases with basilar
Words that rhyme with basilar
Questions about basilar
- What does basilar mean?
- Basilar means of, pertaining to, or located at a base, but especially at the base of the skull or an organ of Corti.
- What is basilar in Tamil?
- Basilar in Tamil is அடித்தளத்தின், அடித்தளப்பகுதி, அடித்தளம். See Basilar meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is basilar?
- Basilar is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce basilar?
- Basilar is pronounced /ˈbas.ɪl.ə/ (UK).
Words near basilar in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: basilar (page history and authors); basilar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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