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sawdustlike

sawdustlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of sawdust.

Adjective

sawdustlike (comparative more sawdustlike, superlative most sawdustlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of sawdust.
    • Examine the stalk, especially behind the sheaths, for holes and sawdustlike frass where the larvae have entered to tunnel in the stalk.1968, United States. Dept. of Agriculture, Farmers' Bulletin, number 2190, page 5

Forms of sawdustlike

comparativemore sawdustlike
superlativemost sawdustlike

Origin of sawdustlike

From sawdust + -like.

Questions about sawdustlike

What does sawdustlike mean?
Sawdustlike means resembling or characteristic of sawdust.
What part of speech is sawdustlike?
Sawdustlike is an adjective.

Words near sawdustlike in the dictionary

  1. sawdust trail
  2. sawdust trails
  3. sawdusted
  4. sawdusting
  5. sawdustish
  6. sawdustlike
  7. sawdusts
  8. sawdusty
  9. Sawdy
  10. Sawdys
  11. sawe

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