retractile

Meaning of retractile

adjective
  1. capable of being retracted.
    a long retractile proboscis

late 18th century: from retract, on the pattern of contractile .

Information about retractile

Hyphenation of retractile

re-trac-tile

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • retractile is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Words that rhyme with retractile

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