1
: having or being an irregular or asymmetrical shape or design
free-form furniture
2
: free sense 12b
free-form dancing

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In partnership with architects like Benjamin Albertson and Rad Studio, the robotic gantry system can produce more free-form designs than traditional construction, with tight curves, circles and other elements. Sam Lubell, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025 Even so, working through Doom: The Dark Ages, there was a part of me that missed the more free-form, three-dimensional acrobatics of Doom Eternal’s double jumps and air dashes. ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025 For anyone who loves free-form avant-jazz, Hyphen Dash’s new album, Basement 626, will strike the proverbial experimental chord. David Browne, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2025 It was long believed that hydrogen didn’t exist in large, accessible, free-form underground deposits. Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for free-form

Word History

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of free-form was in 1942

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“Free-form.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free-form. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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