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hairlike

hairlike adjective: resembling hair; having the texture, consistency, or appearance of hair.

Adjective

hairlike (comparative more hairlike, superlative most hairlike)

  1. Resembling hair; having the texture, consistency, or appearance of hair.
    • Near-synonym: furlike
    • The moss grew in a hairlike mass over the rocks.
    Synonyms:
    piloid, hairy, furlike

Synonyms of hairlike

Forms of hairlike

comparativemore hairlike
superlativemost hairlike

Origin of hairlike

From hair + -like.

Questions about hairlike

What does hairlike mean?
Hairlike means resembling hair; having the texture, consistency, or appearance of hair.
What part of speech is hairlike?
Hairlike is an adjective.

Words near hairlike in the dictionary

  1. hairlessness
  2. hairlet
  3. hairlets
  4. hairlift
  5. hairlifts
  6. hairlike
  7. hairline
  8. hairlined
  9. hairlines
  10. hairlining
  11. hairlock

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