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hivelike

hivelike adjective: resembling a beehive.

Adjective

hivelike (comparative more hivelike, superlative most hivelike)

  1. Resembling a beehive
    • He might orchestrate the curved lines into stepped, hivelike hills […].2007 January 26, Roberta Smith, “Outside In”, in New York Times

Forms of hivelike

comparativemore hivelike
superlativemost hivelike

Origin of hivelike

From hive + -like.

Questions about hivelike

What does hivelike mean?
Hivelike means resembling a beehive.
What part of speech is hivelike?
Hivelike is an adjective.

Words near hivelike in the dictionary

  1. hived off
  2. hived up
  3. hiveful
  4. hivefuls
  5. hiveless
  6. hivelike
  7. Hively
  8. Hivelys
  9. hivemate
  10. hivemates
  11. hivemind

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