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postlike

postlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a post (upright stake).

Adjective

postlike (comparative more postlike, superlative most postlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a post (upright stake).
    • Tall and slender with rounded heads, the postlike figures seemed more like exotic conversation pieces than relics with a religious purpose, the Allens’ daughter, the writer Brooke Allen, recalls.2007 June 26, Robin Pogrebin, “9 Statues Uprooted From Africa Head Home”, in New York Times

Forms of postlike

comparativemore postlike
superlativemost postlike

Origin of postlike

From post + -like.

Questions about postlike

What does postlike mean?
Postlike means resembling or characteristic of a post (upright stake).
What part of speech is postlike?
Postlike is an adjective.

Words near postlike in the dictionary

  1. postliberals
  2. postliberation
  3. postlicensure
  4. postligand
  5. postligation
  6. postlike
  7. postlimbal
  8. postliminary
  9. postliminia
  10. postliminiary
  11. postliminies

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