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altarlike

altarlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of an altar.

Adjective

altarlike (comparative more altarlike, superlative most altarlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an altar.
    • All this he inferred from the altarlike prow and there being no women on board.1849, Herman Melville, Mardi: And a Voyage Thither

Forms of altarlike

comparativemore altarlike
superlativemost altarlike

Origin of altarlike

From altar + -like.

Questions about altarlike

What does altarlike mean?
Altarlike means resembling or characteristic of an altar.
What part of speech is altarlike?
Altarlike is an adjective.

Words near altarlike in the dictionary

  1. altarists
  2. altarity
  3. altarless
  4. altarlet
  5. altarlets
  6. altarlike
  7. Altarnun
  8. altarpiece
  9. altarpieces
  10. altars
  11. altars of repose

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