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chimelike

chimelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a chime.

Adjective

chimelike (comparative more chimelike, superlative most chimelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a chime.
    • He is perhaps best known for his sounding sculptures, metal sculptures with masses of rods or wires that make chimelike sounds when touched or moved by the wind.2007 November 30, Wendy Moonan, “From City to City, 20th-Century Art and Furniture”, in New York Times

Forms of chimelike

comparativemore chimelike
superlativemost chimelike

Origin of chimelike

From chime + -like.

Questions about chimelike

What does chimelike mean?
Chimelike means resembling or characteristic of a chime.
What part of speech is chimelike?
Chimelike is an adjective.

Words near chimelike in the dictionary

  1. chimed
  2. chimed in
  3. chimed up
  4. Chimei
  5. chimeless
  6. chimelike
  7. chimenea
  8. chimeneas
  9. Chimenti
  10. Chimentis
  11. Chimento

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