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motorlike

motorlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a motor.

Adjective

motorlike (comparative more motorlike, superlative most motorlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a motor.
    • These electric motorlike devices generally are rugged, reliable performers with sufficient resolution for most machine applications.1986, Douglas M Considine, Glenn D Considine, Standard handbook of industrial automation
    • Is his understanding of motorlike sounds and collision similar to mine?2006, Laura E Berk, Child development

Forms of motorlike

comparativemore motorlike
superlativemost motorlike

Origin of motorlike

From motor + -like.

Questions about motorlike

What does motorlike mean?
Motorlike means resembling or characteristic of a motor.
What part of speech is motorlike?
Motorlike is an adjective.

Words near motorlike in the dictionary

  1. motorjets
  2. motorkhana
  3. motorkhanas
  4. motorless
  5. motorlessness
  6. motorlike
  7. motorman
  8. motorman's friend
  9. motorman's friends
  10. motormania
  11. motormen

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