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girderlike

girderlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a girder.

Adjective

girderlike (comparative more girderlike, superlative most girderlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a girder.
    • The astronauts exceeded a planned time of six and one-half hours as they labored to switch electrical and fluid lines from interim to permanent locations on the station’s girderlike supporting truss.2007 February 1, Warren E. Leary, “Spacewalkers Start Switch of Station’s Cooling System”, in New York Times

Forms of girderlike

comparativemore girderlike
superlativemost girderlike

Origin of girderlike

From girder + -like.

Questions about girderlike

What does girderlike mean?
Girderlike means resembling or characteristic of a girder.
What part of speech is girderlike?
Girderlike is an adjective.

Words near girderlike in the dictionary

  1. girder fork
  2. girderage
  3. girdered
  4. girdering
  5. girderless
  6. girderlike
  7. girders
  8. girderwork
  9. girdest
  10. girdeth
  11. girding

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