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scissorlike

scissorlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of scissors.

Adjective

scissorlike (comparative more scissorlike, superlative most scissorlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of scissors.
    • You simply put a cherry in the little cup at one end of the scissorlike device and then close it with one swift action.1983 June 7, Pierre Franey, “KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; FOR PITTING CHERRIES”, in The New York Times

Forms of scissorlike

comparativemore scissorlike
superlativemost scissorlike
alternative formscissor-like

Origin of scissorlike

From scissor + -like.

Questions about scissorlike

What does scissorlike mean?
Scissorlike means resembling or characteristic of scissors.
What part of speech is scissorlike?
Scissorlike is an adjective.

Words near scissorlike in the dictionary

  1. scissorer
  2. scissorers
  3. scissorial
  4. scissoring
  5. scissorings
  6. scissorlike
  7. scissors
  8. scissors bite
  9. scissors bites
  10. scissors congruence
  11. scissors crises

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