Definitions for sundial

sundial sun·di·al

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

Sundial is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 220 anagrams from letters in sundial (adilnsu).

Definitions for sundial

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.

Origin of sundial

First recorded in 1570-80; sun + dial

Examples for sundial

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.

Word Value for sundial
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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