Dictionary Check: form
"form" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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Words with Friends
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Definition
noun
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
Example:
"the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached"
noun
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
Example:
"sculpture is a form of art"
noun
a perceptual structure
Example:
"the composition presents problems for students of musical form"
noun
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
Example:
"he could barely make out their shapes"
noun
alternative names for the body of a human being
Example:
"Leonardo studied the human body"
noun
the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
Example:
"geometry is the mathematical science of shape"
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