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blocklike

blocklike adjective: having an oblong shape.

Adjective

blocklike (comparative more blocklike, superlative most blocklike)

  1. Having an oblong shape
    • […] the dim, tall, blocklike shadows behind the trees make it start to look, weirdly, as if this were Central Park as painted by Vuillard.2009 January 15, Alastair Macaulay, “Tilting at Windmills, but Not at Traditions, in Performance From Maryinsky”, in New York Times

Forms of blocklike

comparativemore blocklike
superlativemost blocklike
alternative formblock-like

Origin of blocklike

From block + -like.

Questions about blocklike

What does blocklike mean?
Blocklike means having an oblong shape.
What part of speech is blocklike?
Blocklike is an adjective.

Words near blocklike in the dictionary

  1. blocklayers
  2. blocklaying
  3. blocklength
  4. blocklengths
  5. Blockley
  6. blocklike
  7. blocklist
  8. blocklisted
  9. blocklisting
  10. blocklists
  11. blocklong

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