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branchlike

branchlike adjective: resembling a branch of a tree.

Adjective

branchlike (comparative more branchlike, superlative most branchlike)

  1. resembling a branch of a tree
    • These roads, branchlike, divide and subdivide until they end in trails which finally tap a great hinterland inhabited by a scattered population.1916, The Phi Delta Kappan, page 157

Forms of branchlike

comparativemore branchlike
superlativemost branchlike

Origin of branchlike

From branch + -like.

Questions about branchlike

What does branchlike mean?
Branchlike means resembling a branch of a tree.
What part of speech is branchlike?
Branchlike is an adjective.

Words near branchlike in the dictionary

  1. branchlessness
  2. branchlet
  3. branchleted
  4. branchlets
  5. branchletted
  6. branchlike
  7. branchline
  8. branchlines
  9. branchling
  10. branchlings
  11. branchpoint

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