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grainlike

grainlike adjective: shaped or resembling a grain or an aspect of a grain.

Adjective

grainlike (comparative more grainlike, superlative most grainlike)

  1. Shaped or resembling a grain or an aspect of a grain.

Forms of grainlike

comparativemore grainlike
superlativemost grainlike

Origin of grainlike

From grain + -like. Piecewise doublet of cornlike.

Questions about grainlike

What does grainlike mean?
Grainlike means shaped or resembling a grain or an aspect of a grain.
What part of speech is grainlike?
Grainlike is an adjective.

Words near grainlike in the dictionary

  1. grainish
  2. grainland
  3. grainlands
  4. grainless
  5. grainlessness
  6. grainlike
  7. grainline
  8. grainlines
  9. grains
  10. grains of paradise
  11. grains of truth

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