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dumplinglike

dumplinglike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a dumpling.

Adjective

dumplinglike (comparative more dumplinglike, superlative most dumplinglike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a dumpling.
    • Fruit that is stewing on top of the stove is covered with rounds of a dumplinglike dough and then simmered a bit longer (and no peeking).1987 August 22, Marian Burros, “DE GUSTIBUS; A Crisp or a Crumble? Well, If It's Good, Eat It”, in The New York Times

Forms of dumplinglike

comparativemore dumplinglike
superlativemost dumplinglike

Origin of dumplinglike

From dumpling + -like.

Questions about dumplinglike

What does dumplinglike mean?
Dumplinglike means resembling or characteristic of a dumpling.
What part of speech is dumplinglike?
Dumplinglike is an adjective.

Words near dumplinglike in the dictionary

  1. dumpling
  2. Dumpling Festival
  3. dumpling squid
  4. dumpling-depot
  5. dumpling-depots
  6. dumplinglike
  7. dumplings
  8. dumplingy
  9. dumpoke
  10. dumpoked
  11. dumpokes

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