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boxlike

boxlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a box.

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 boxlike

comparativemore boxlike
superlativemost boxlike
alternative formbox-like

Origin of boxlike

From box + -like.

Questions about boxlike

What does boxlike mean?
Boxlike means resembling or characteristic of a box.
What part of speech is boxlike?
Boxlike is an adjective.

Words near boxlike in the dictionary

  1. boxla
  2. boxless
  3. boxlessness
  4. Boxley
  5. Boxleys
  6. boxlike
  7. boxload
  8. boxloads
  9. boxlock
  10. boxlocks
  11. boxmaker

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