Definitions for sundials

sundials sun·di·al

Spelling: [suhn-dahy-uh l, -dahyl]
IPA: /ˈsʌnˌdaɪ əl, -ˌdaɪl/

Sundials is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 265 anagrams from letters in sundials (adilnssu).

Definitions for sundials

noun

  1. an instrument that indicates the time of day by means of the position, on a graduated plate or surface, of the shadow of the gnomon as it is cast by the sun.
  2. an instrument that indicates the time of day by means of the position, on a graduated plate or surface, of the shadow of the gnomon as it is cast by the sun.

Origin of sundials

First recorded in 1570-80; sun + dial

Examples for sundials

Past the sundial ran the girl, and around to the rear of the house.

I remember a rose-garden with a sundial in the middle of it.

"I thought of putting her sundial there, her noonday cannon," said Raul.

He has been accused of slow and ugly throwing mechanics (one sports writer said you could time his release with a sundial).

A white figure had turned the road by the sundial, and was coming on with the step of a greyhound.

Clepsydræ or clocks are of later date, and no more than a sundial are they portable.

You'll get no hasty signatures to a petition in this city—we remember the sundial!

Moreover, a sundial, to be of practical value, had to be kept steady.

You dwell upon the sundial; you mention for a second time the Adams fireplace.

At the head of the walk was a sundial, and at the further end a fountain.

Moreover, a sundial, to be of practical value, had to be kept steady.

At the head of the walk was a sundial, and at the further end a fountain.

A white figure had turned the road by the sundial, and was coming on with the step of a greyhound.

I remember a rose-garden with a sundial in the middle of it.

You'll get no hasty signatures to a petition in this city—we remember the sundial!

"I thought of putting her sundial there, her noonday cannon," said Raul.

You dwell upon the sundial; you mention for a second time the Adams fireplace.

Clepsydræ or clocks are of later date, and no more than a sundial are they portable.

Past the sundial ran the girl, and around to the rear of the house.

He has been accused of slow and ugly throwing mechanics (one sports writer said you could time his release with a sundial).

Word Value for sundials
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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