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cornlike

cornlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of corn (the cereal crop).

Adjective (1)

cornlike (comparative more cornlike, superlative most cornlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of corn (the cereal crop).

Adjective (2)

cornlike (comparative more cornlike, superlative most cornlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a corn (callus on the foot).

Forms of cornlike

comparativemore cornlike
superlativemost cornlike

Origin of cornlike

From corn (“crop”) + -like. Piecewise doublet of grainlike.

From corn (“callus”) + -like. Piecewise doublet of hornlike.

Questions about cornlike

What does cornlike mean?
Cornlike means resembling or characteristic of corn (the cereal crop).
What part of speech is cornlike?
Cornlike is an adjective.

Words near cornlike in the dictionary

  1. cornland
  2. cornlands
  3. cornlaw
  4. cornlaws
  5. cornless
  6. cornlike
  7. cornloft
  8. cornlofts
  9. Cornman
  10. Cornmans
  11. cornmarket

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