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box-like

box-like is the alternative form of boxlike.

Meaning of boxlike

Adjective

boxlike (comparative more boxlike, superlative most boxlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a box.
    • The steel skin covering the framing is welded to it and to the underframe, forming a boxlike construction.1958 September, “Swindon's First Main-Line Diesel Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 601

Forms of box-like

comparativemore box-like
superlativemost box-like

Origin of box-like

From box + -like.

Questions about box-like

What is box-like the alternative form of?
Box-like is the alternative form of boxlike.

Words near box-like in the dictionary

  1. box-drawing character
  2. box-drawing characters
  3. box-elder
  4. box-elders
  5. box-fresh
  6. box-like
  7. Box-Muller transform
  8. box-of-tricks
  9. box-office
  10. box-office bomb
  11. box-office bombs

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