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belllike

belllike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a bell.

Adjective

belllike (comparative more belllike, superlative most belllike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a bell.
    • Usually the pulse is established by a piano, which holds down the beat with a belllike tone.2007 December 1, Allan Kozinn, “That Same Old Beat, With Brand-New Choices”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2018

Forms of belllike

comparativemore belllike
superlativemost belllike
alternative formbell-like

Origin of belllike

From bell + -like.

Questions about belllike

What does belllike mean?
Belllike means resembling or characteristic of a bell.
What part of speech is belllike?
Belllike is an adjective.

Words near belllike in the dictionary

  1. bellites
  2. Belliveau
  3. Belliveaus
  4. bellkeeper
  5. bellkeepers
  6. belllike
  7. bellmaker
  8. bellmakers
  9. bellmaking
  10. bellman
  11. Bellman equation

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