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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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 Af Klint’s brushstrokes tended to be more expressive and free-form, for example, while Cassel’s were more careful, even meticulous. Jay Cheshes, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025 Rudolph’s free-form use of onscreen effects and graphics extracts in visual form the manic contents of this inner verbal roar. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 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 14 Apr. 2025.

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