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cloaklike

cloaklike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a cloak (item of clothing).

Adjective

cloaklike (comparative more cloaklike, superlative most cloaklike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a cloak (item of clothing).
    • That was defined for quite some time as any woman who was not wearing an abaya, the cloaklike covering meant to conceal the shape of a woman’s body completely.2009 June 6, Timothy Williams, Abeer Mohammed, “What Not to Wear, Baghdad-Style: Fashion Rules Begin to Change”, in New York Times

Forms of cloaklike

comparativemore cloaklike
superlativemost cloaklike

Origin of cloaklike

From cloak + -like.

Questions about cloaklike

What does cloaklike mean?
Cloaklike means resembling or characteristic of a cloak (item of clothing).
What part of speech is cloaklike?
Cloaklike is an adjective.

Words near cloaklike in the dictionary

  1. cloakings
  2. cloakless
  3. cloaklessness
  4. cloaklet
  5. cloaklets
  6. cloaklike
  7. cloakmaker
  8. cloakmakers
  9. cloakmaking
  10. cloakroom
  11. cloakroom attendant

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