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desertlike

desertlike adjective: resembling a desert.

Adjective

desertlike (comparative more desertlike, superlative most desertlike)

  1. Resembling a desert
    • […] they provide views of hothouse Venus, desertlike Mars and two decidedly otherworldly moons of Jupiter: Io and Europa.2007 April 13, John Schwartz, “Otherworldly Photos by Galileo, Voyager & Co.”, in New York Times

Forms of desertlike

comparativemore desertlike
superlativemost desertlike

Origin of desertlike

From desert + -like.

Questions about desertlike

What does desertlike mean?
Desertlike means resembling a desert.
What part of speech is desertlike?
Desertlike is an adjective.

Words near desertlike in the dictionary

  1. desertization
  2. desertland
  3. desertlands
  4. desertless
  5. desertlessly
  6. desertlike
  7. desertness
  8. desertology
  9. desertomycin
  10. desertomycins
  11. desertophile

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