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dominolike

dominolike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a domino (game piece), especially in having the propensity to tumble in a chain reaction.

Adjective

dominolike (comparative more dominolike, superlative most dominolike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a domino (game piece), especially in having the propensity to tumble in a chain reaction.
    • Any failure in the cableway system would have a dominolike effect on the entire project, upsetting the pouring timetable, snarling rail traffic […]1990, Joseph E Stevens, Hoover Dam: An American Adventure
    • He also feared that Vietnam's fall would lead to dominolike communist successes in Southeast Asia.1991, Eric Foner, John Arthur Garraty, The Reader's companion to American history

Forms of dominolike

comparativemore dominolike
superlativemost dominolike

Origin of dominolike

From domino + -like.

Questions about dominolike

What does dominolike mean?
Dominolike means resembling or characteristic of a domino (game piece), especially in having the propensity to tumble in a chain reaction.
What part of speech is dominolike?
Dominolike is an adjective.

Words near dominolike in the dictionary

  1. dominoed
  2. dominoes
  3. Dominoid
  4. Dominoids
  5. dominoing
  6. dominolike
  7. dominos
  8. dominotier
  9. Dominquez
  10. Dominquezes
  11. Domins

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