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counterlike

counterlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a counter (surface).

Adjective

counterlike (comparative more counterlike, superlative most counterlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a counter (surface).
    • Most ambulatory patients, visitors, and workers, hoping to find a person to guide them, gravitate toward the large, counterlike desk […]1988, Karen Sacks, Karen Brodkin, Caring by the hour: women, work, and organizing at Duke Medical Center

Forms of counterlike

comparativemore counterlike
superlativemost counterlike

Origin of counterlike

From counter + -like.

Questions about counterlike

What does counterlike mean?
Counterlike means resembling or characteristic of a counter (surface).
What part of speech is counterlike?
Counterlike is an adjective.

Words near counterlike in the dictionary

  1. counterless
  2. counterliberal
  3. counterlife
  4. counterligand
  5. counterligands
  6. counterlike
  7. counterline
  8. counterlines
  9. counterlinguistic
  10. counterlives
  11. counterloan

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