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bulgelike

bulgelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a bulge.

Adjective

bulgelike (comparative more bulgelike, superlative most bulgelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a bulge.
    • The researchers found the interior of the asteroid was heterogeneous, meaning some parts were more dense than others—something that could account for the Bennu’s odd bulgelike shape, too.2020 October 16, Jonathan O'Callaghan, “NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Seeks to Grab a Piece of Asteroid Bennu”, in Scientific American

Forms of bulgelike

comparativemore bulgelike
superlativemost bulgelike

Origin of bulgelike

From bulge + -like.

Questions about bulgelike

What does bulgelike mean?
Bulgelike means resembling or characteristic of a bulge.
What part of speech is bulgelike?
Bulgelike is an adjective.

Words near bulgelike in the dictionary

  1. bulgecinine
  2. bulgecins
  3. bulged
  4. bulged the onion bag
  5. bulgeless
  6. bulgelike
  7. bulger
  8. bulgers
  9. bulges
  10. bulges the onion bag
  11. bulgey

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