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onionlike

onionlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of an onion, for example in shape, flavour, or layered structure.

Adjective

onionlike (comparative more onionlike, superlative most onionlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an onion, for example in shape, flavour, or layered structure.
    Synonyms:
    oniony

Synonyms of onionlike

Forms of onionlike

comparativemore onionlike
superlativemost onionlike

Origin of onionlike

From onion + -like.

Questions about onionlike

What does onionlike mean?
Onionlike means resembling or characteristic of an onion, for example in shape, flavour, or layered structure.
What part of speech is onionlike?
Onionlike is an adjective.

Words near onionlike in the dictionary

  1. onionin A
  2. onioniness
  3. onionized
  4. Onionland
  5. onionless
  6. onionlike
  7. onions
  8. onionseed
  9. onionseeds
  10. onionskin
  11. onionskins

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