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croissantlike

croissantlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a croissant.

Adjective

croissantlike (comparative more croissantlike, superlative most croissantlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a croissant.
    • The eye comes from the croissantlike truncation of a woman’s head in Picasso’s 1936 “Straw Hat With Blue Leaves,” a form Mr. Johns has worked with for years.2008 April 10, Roberta Smith, “Consummate Recycler Meets a Pointillist”, in New York Times

Forms of croissantlike

comparativemore croissantlike
superlativemost croissantlike

Origin of croissantlike

From croissant + -like.

Questions about croissantlike

What does croissantlike mean?
Croissantlike means resembling or characteristic of a croissant.
What part of speech is croissantlike?
Croissantlike is an adjective.

Words near croissantlike in the dictionary

  1. croissandwich
  2. croissandwiches
  3. croissant
  4. croissanterie
  5. croissanteries
  6. croissantlike
  7. croissants
  8. croisé
  9. croisés
  10. Croix-des-Bouquets
  11. Croixan

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