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canopylike

canopylike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a canopy.

Adjective

canopylike (comparative more canopylike, superlative most canopylike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a canopy.
    • It hangs, canopylike, from the ceiling of a gallery, making the exhibition look like a temporary encampment and like a shrine.2009 July 24, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times

Forms of canopylike

comparativemore canopylike
superlativemost canopylike

Origin of canopylike

From canopy + -like.

Questions about canopylike

What does canopylike mean?
Canopylike means resembling or characteristic of a canopy.
What part of speech is canopylike?
Canopylike is an adjective.

Words near canopylike in the dictionary

  1. canopy beds
  2. canopy piloting
  3. canopy shyness
  4. canopying
  5. canopyless
  6. canopylike
  7. canorous
  8. canorously
  9. canorousness
  10. Canosan
  11. Canossa

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