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butterscotchlike

butterscotchlike adjective: resembling butterscotch.

Adjective

butterscotchlike (comparative more butterscotchlike, superlative most butterscotchlike)

  1. Resembling butterscotch.
    • A touch of butterscotchlike diacetyl.1992, Institute for Fermentation and Brewing Studies (Boulder, Colorado), The New Brewer: Volumes 9-10
    • Carob is a dark sweet powder made from ground carob beans. It looks like chocolate, but there the resemblance ends; it has a butterscotchlike flavor[…]2010, Susan Restino, Mrs. Restino's Country Kitchen, page 67
    Synonyms:
    butterscotchy

Synonyms of butterscotchlike

Forms of butterscotchlike

comparativemore butterscotchlike
superlativemost butterscotchlike

Origin of butterscotchlike

From butterscotch + -like.

Questions about butterscotchlike

What does butterscotchlike mean?
Butterscotchlike means resembling butterscotch.
What part of speech is butterscotchlike?
Butterscotchlike is an adjective.

Words near butterscotchlike in the dictionary

  1. butters the cony
  2. butters up
  3. butterscotch
  4. butterscotched
  5. butterscotches
  6. butterscotchlike
  7. butterscotchy
  8. Butterses
  9. butterspoon
  10. butterspoon tree
  11. butterspoon trees

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