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asbestoslike

asbestoslike adjective: resembling or characteristic of asbestos.

Adjective

asbestoslike (comparative more asbestoslike, superlative most asbestoslike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of asbestos.
    • The lesions of psoriasis are usually characteristic, consisting of sharply outlined dull red patches of varying size, with thickening of the skin, and a heavy rough scale which is silvery or asbestoslike in colour.1963, Harry S Ashmore, Encyclopædia Britannica: a new survey of universal knowledge: Volume 18

Forms of asbestoslike

comparativemore asbestoslike
superlativemost asbestoslike

Origin of asbestoslike

From asbestos + -like.

Questions about asbestoslike

What does asbestoslike mean?
Asbestoslike means resembling or characteristic of asbestos.
What part of speech is asbestoslike?
Asbestoslike is an adjective.

Words near asbestoslike in the dictionary

  1. asbestosize
  2. asbestosized
  3. asbestosizes
  4. asbestosizing
  5. asbestosless
  6. asbestoslike
  7. asbestotic
  8. asbestous
  9. asbestus
  10. Asbian
  11. Asbill

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