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scaffoldlike

scaffoldlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a scaffold.

Adjective

scaffoldlike (comparative more scaffoldlike, superlative most scaffoldlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a scaffold.
    • The play's mysterious quality is superbly complemented by Jeff Bauer's set--a rundown kitchen surrounded by an abstract, scaffoldlike frame that evokes a prison or a cage--and Michael Rourke's eerie lighting.1988 May 6, Albert Williams, “A Whistle in the Dark”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2016

Forms of scaffoldlike

comparativemore scaffoldlike
superlativemost scaffoldlike

Origin of scaffoldlike

From scaffold + -like.

Questions about scaffoldlike

What does scaffoldlike mean?
Scaffoldlike means resembling or characteristic of a scaffold.
What part of speech is scaffoldlike?
Scaffoldlike is an adjective.

Words near scaffoldlike in the dictionary

  1. scaffolding towers
  2. scaffoldings
  3. scaffoldins
  4. scaffoldish
  5. scaffoldless
  6. scaffoldlike
  7. scaffolds
  8. scaffoldwide
  9. scaffoldy
  10. Scaffs
  11. scaffy

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