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hedgelike

hedgelike adjective: resembling a hedge.

Adjective

hedgelike (comparative more hedgelike, superlative most hedgelike)

  1. Resembling a hedge.
    • Except for the lanterns at the serving tables, dimly to be seen through a dense hedgelike growth of Kalmia latifolia, there were no other lights...1912, Gouverneur Morris, It, and Other Stories
    • And suddenly he found himself pushing head foremost into a hedgelike thicket of brush and stopped weakly. "One of those damn islands," mumbled Higgins.1920, Henry Oyen, The Plunderer

Forms of hedgelike

comparativemore hedgelike
superlativemost hedgelike

Origin of hedgelike

From hedge + -like.

Questions about hedgelike

What does hedgelike mean?
Hedgelike means resembling a hedge.
What part of speech is hedgelike?
Hedgelike is an adjective.

Words near hedgelike in the dictionary

  1. hedgehyssop
  2. hedgehyssops
  3. hedgeless
  4. hedgelessness
  5. Hedgeley
  6. hedgelike
  7. hedgeline
  8. hedgelines
  9. hedgemaker
  10. hedgemakers
  11. hedgemaking

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