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propellerlike

propellerlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a propeller.

Adjective

propellerlike (comparative more propellerlike, superlative most propellerlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a propeller.
    • It does not spin, but it has four hinged, motorized walls that open and close like giant butterfly wings, imparting a slight illusion of propellerlike rotation.2008 June 27, Ken Johnson, “A Trip Through the Revolving Doors of Perception”, in New York Times

Forms of propellerlike

comparativemore propellerlike
superlativemost propellerlike

Origin of propellerlike

From propeller + -like.

Questions about propellerlike

What does propellerlike mean?
Propellerlike means resembling or characteristic of a propeller.
What part of speech is propellerlike?
Propellerlike is an adjective.

Words near propellerlike in the dictionary

  1. propeller-heads
  2. propellered
  3. propellerhead
  4. propellerheads
  5. propellerless
  6. propellerlike
  7. propellers
  8. propelling
  9. propelling pencil
  10. propelling pencils
  11. propellings

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