navicular
navicular adjective: shaped like a boat.
Adjective
navicular (comparative more navicular, superlative most navicular)
- Shaped like a boat.
- Relating to boats.
- Sooth to say, as far so^([sic]) workmanship alone went, there was much to be desired. Vessels that went "home," looking as if "they'd grow'd in the'oods" — to quote British Jack's description — could not but provoke unfavourable opinion upon our navicular art as a whole.1874, The Canadian Monthly and National Review, volume 5, page 469
Noun
navicular (plural naviculars)
- A navicular bone.
- Synonyms:
- scaphoid
navicular meaning in Tamil
navicular in Tamil
- நாவாயிய, படகு உரு, நாவிக்குலார்
Synonyms of navicular
Forms of navicular
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more navicular |
| superlative | most navicular |
| Noun | |
| plural | naviculars |
Origin of navicular
Borrowed from Middle French naviculaire, itself borrowed from Late Latin nāviculāris (“boat shaped”), from Latin nāvicula, diminutive of nāvis (“ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.
Words formed from navicular
Phrases with navicular
Words that rhyme with navicular
- particular
- auricular
- cuticular
- funicular
- lenticular
- pedicular
- acicular
- canicular
- extracurricular
- perpendicular
- appendicular
- articular
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- interclavicular
- monoauricular
- orbicular
- radicular
- reticular
- supraclavicular
- vehicular
- acromioclavicular
- avicular
- biauricular
- canalicular
- clavicular
- cocurricular
- conoauricular
- coracoclavicular
- costoclavicular
- cubicular
- curricular
- diverticular
- epicuticular
- extravehicular
- fascicular
- follicular
- infraclavicular
- interauricular
- intraclavicular
- medioclavicular
- midclavicular
- nonauricular
- omoclavicular
- ossicular
- overparticular
- periauricular
- periclavicular
- postauricular
- postclavicular
- preauricular
- retroauricular
- scapuloclavicular
- sinoauricular
- sternoclavicular
- subauricular
- subclavicular
- temporoauricular
- testicular
- transauricular
- utricular
- ventricular
Questions about navicular
- What does navicular mean?
- Navicular means shaped like a boat.
- What is navicular in Tamil?
- Navicular in Tamil is நாவாயிய, படகு உரு, நாவிக்குலார். See Navicular meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is navicular?
- Navicular can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near navicular in the dictionary
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