Number of syllables in the word 'oblique'
Find out how many syllables are there in the word oblique.
- No of syllables in oblique : 2
- Divide syllables in oblique : ob-lique
More about the word - oblique
- noun
- Synonyms : slash
- Definition : An oblique line.
- Definition : (grammar) The oblique case.
- verb
- Definition : To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
- Definition : To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
- Definition : To slant (text, etc.) at an angle.
- adjective
- Definition : Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
- Definition : Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
- Definition : Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
- Definition : Of leaves, having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other.
- noun
- Synonyms : gash, bar, diagonal, diagonal mark, foreslash, forward slash
- Definition : A slashing action or motion, particularly:
- Definition : A mark made by a slashing motion, particularly:
- Definition : Something resembling such a mark, particularly:
- Definition : The loose woody debris remaining from a slash, (particularly forestry) the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
- noun
- Definition : A drink of something; a draft.
- Definition : A piss: an act of urination.
- noun
- Definition : A swampy area; a swamp.
- Definition : A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
- noun
- Definition : The period of a transitory breeze.
- Definition : An interval of good weather.
- Definition : The loose part of a rope; slack.
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