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barklike

barklike adjective: resembling the bark of a tree.

Adjective

barklike (comparative more barklike, superlative most barklike)

  1. Resembling the bark of a tree
    • […] a gray vertical cylinder has a rough barklike exterior and a smooth white plaster interior[…]1991 September 13, Bonnie McLaughlin, “Palpable Surfaces”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of barklike

comparativemore barklike
superlativemost barklike

Origin of barklike

From bark + -like.

Questions about barklike

What does barklike mean?
Barklike means resembling the bark of a tree.
What part of speech is barklike?
Barklike is an adjective.

Words near barklike in the dictionary

  1. barkless
  2. barklessness
  3. Barkley
  4. Barkleys
  5. barklice
  6. barklike
  7. barklouse
  8. Barkly
  9. barklyite
  10. Barkman
  11. Barkmans

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