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necklacelike

necklacelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a necklace.

Adjective

necklacelike (comparative more necklacelike, superlative most necklacelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a necklace.
    • “Papillons” follows Schumann’s Opus 1 (the “Abegg Variations”) and serves as prototype for the fanciful pianistic storytelling and the fragmentary necklacelike format that would occupy his early work.2008 March 7, Bernard Holland, “Pianistic Tales, Fanciful and Eccentric”, in New York Times

Forms of necklacelike

comparativemore necklacelike
superlativemost necklacelike

Origin of necklacelike

From necklace + -like.

Questions about necklacelike

What does necklacelike mean?
Necklacelike means resembling or characteristic of a necklace.
What part of speech is necklacelike?
Necklacelike is an adjective.

Words near necklacelike in the dictionary

  1. necklace poplar
  2. necklace poplars
  3. necklace tree
  4. necklace trees
  5. necklaced
  6. necklacelike
  7. necklacer
  8. necklacers
  9. necklaces
  10. necklaceweed
  11. necklacing

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