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porterlike

porterlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a porter (person employed to carry things).

Adjective

porterlike (comparative more porterlike, superlative most porterlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a porter (person employed to carry things).
  2. Resembling or characteristic of porter (type of beer).

Forms of porterlike

comparativemore porterlike
superlativemost porterlike

Origin of porterlike

From porter + -like.

Questions about porterlike

What does porterlike mean?
Porterlike means resembling or characteristic of a porter (person employed to carry things).
What part of speech is porterlike?
Porterlike is an adjective.

Words near porterlike in the dictionary

  1. porterhouse steak
  2. porterhouse steaks
  3. porterhouses
  4. portering
  5. porterless
  6. porterlike
  7. porterly
  8. porters
  9. Porters Retreat
  10. porters' lodges
  11. portership

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