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cannolilike

cannolilike adjective: resembling cannoli.

Adjective

cannolilike (comparative more cannolilike, superlative most cannolilike)

  1. Resembling cannoli.
    • Among many masa dishes is a cannolilike dessert: Masa is molded around a tube, deep-fried, cooled, sugar dusted, then filled with pumpkin seed mousse and tipped with finely minced fresh mint.1992, Food Arts, volume 5, page 246
    • Crushed ginger snaps were rolled into a cannolilike shape and filled with whipped cream, strawberries and kiwifruit, more of which were arranged on the plate.1997 March 14, Pat Bruno, “Cooking school cuisine // Hospitality eatery passes pop quiz”, in Chicago Sun-Times

Forms of cannolilike

comparativemore cannolilike
superlativemost cannolilike

Origin of cannolilike

From cannoli + -like.

Questions about cannolilike

What does cannolilike mean?
Cannolilike means resembling cannoli.
What part of speech is cannolilike?
Cannolilike is an adjective.

Words near cannolilike in the dictionary

  1. cannodixoside
  2. cannoe
  3. Cannois
  4. cannoli
  5. cannolicchi
  6. cannolilike
  7. cannolis
  8. cannolo
  9. cannon
  10. cannon ball
  11. cannon balls

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