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buttresslike

buttresslike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a buttress.

Adjective

buttresslike (comparative more buttresslike, superlative most buttresslike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a buttress.

Forms of buttresslike

comparativemore buttresslike
superlativemost buttresslike

Origin of buttresslike

From buttress + -like.

Questions about buttresslike

What does buttresslike mean?
Buttresslike means resembling or characteristic of a buttress.
What part of speech is buttresslike?
Buttresslike is an adjective.

Words near buttresslike in the dictionary

  1. buttress-roots
  2. buttressed
  3. buttresses
  4. buttressing
  5. buttressless
  6. buttresslike
  7. Buttrey
  8. Buttreys
  9. buttrice
  10. buttrices
  11. Buttrick

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