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plumelike

plumelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a plume.

Adjective

plumelike (comparative more plumelike, superlative most plumelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a plume.
    • Earlier Sunday, park officials had closed off the paved walkway and a series of interlocking gates that led to viewing stations at Thunder Hole, an inlet with a submerged cave that is known to produce booming, plumelike waves.2009 August 25, Liz Robbins, “Victims of Giant Wave at Maine Park Are Identified”, in New York Times

Forms of plumelike

comparativemore plumelike
superlativemost plumelike

Origin of plumelike

From plume + -like.

Questions about plumelike

What does plumelike mean?
Plumelike means resembling or characteristic of a plume.
What part of speech is plumelike?
Plumelike is an adjective.

Words near plumelike in the dictionary

  1. plumeless
  2. plumelet
  3. plumeleteer
  4. plumeleteers
  5. plumelets
  6. plumelike
  7. plumemaker
  8. plumemakers
  9. plumeous
  10. plumer
  11. plumeria

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