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quiltlike

quiltlike adjective: resembling a quilt.

Adjective

quiltlike (comparative more quiltlike, superlative most quiltlike)

  1. Resembling a quilt.
    • Their quiltlike geometric abstractions, evoking Piet Mondrian and Sophie Taeuber-Arp, began to put a straight edge to the subway’s swoops and curlicues, its terra-cotta cornucopias and floral medallions.2007 August 3, Randy Kennedy, “Underground Renaissance Man: Watch the Aesthetic Walls, Please”, in New York Times

Forms of quiltlike

comparativemore quiltlike
superlativemost quiltlike

Origin of quiltlike

From quilt + -like.

Questions about quiltlike

What does quiltlike mean?
Quiltlike means resembling a quilt.
What part of speech is quiltlike?
Quiltlike is an adjective.

Words near quiltlike in the dictionary

  1. quilting bee
  2. quilting bees
  3. quilting needle
  4. quilting needles
  5. quiltings
  6. quiltlike
  7. quiltmaker
  8. quiltmakers
  9. quiltmaking
  10. quilts
  11. quilty

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