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dinnerlike

dinnerlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of dinner.

Adjective

dinnerlike (comparative more dinnerlike, superlative most dinnerlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of dinner.
    • The menu is divided into sections: traditional tapas (cold and hot), modern tapas (cold and hot) and large tapas, which are slightly pricier than the others, more dinnerlike (hunks of meat and accompanying starch), but still not dinner-size.2009 September 20, Stephanie Lyness, “Lots of Tapas and Wine, and an Air of Excitement”, in New York Times

Forms of dinnerlike

comparativemore dinnerlike
superlativemost dinnerlike

Origin of dinnerlike

From dinner + -like.

Questions about dinnerlike

What does dinnerlike mean?
Dinnerlike means resembling or characteristic of dinner.
What part of speech is dinnerlike?
Dinnerlike is an adjective.

Words near dinnerlike in the dictionary

  1. dinnering
  2. dinnerladies
  3. dinnerlady
  4. dinnerless
  5. dinnerlessness
  6. dinnerlike
  7. dinnerly
  8. dinnermate
  9. dinnermates
  10. dinnerplate
  11. dinnerplates

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