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husklike

husklike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a husk.

Adjective

husklike (comparative more husklike, superlative most husklike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a husk.
    • They looked about forty, with frazzled, husklike hair, and neckfuls of primitive jewelry that bespoke extensive experience traveling in tropical climes.2003, Katy Lederer, Poker Face: A Girlhood Among Gamblers, page 67

Forms of husklike

comparativemore husklike
superlativemost husklike

Origin of husklike

From husk + -like.

Questions about husklike

What does husklike mean?
Husklike means resembling or characteristic of a husk.
What part of speech is husklike?
Husklike is an adjective.

Words near husklike in the dictionary

  1. husking bee
  2. huskings
  3. Huskisson
  4. huskless
  5. husklessness
  6. husklike
  7. husks
  8. husky
  9. huskysona
  10. huskysonas
  11. huslement

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