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shelflike

shelflike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a shelf.

Adjective

shelflike (comparative more shelflike, superlative most shelflike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a shelf.

Forms of shelflike

comparativemore shelflike
superlativemost shelflike

Origin of shelflike

From shelf + -like.

Questions about shelflike

What does shelflike mean?
Shelflike means resembling or characteristic of a shelf.
What part of speech is shelflike?
Shelflike is an adjective.

Words near shelflike in the dictionary

  1. shelfing
  2. shelflation
  3. shelflations
  4. shelfless
  5. shelflife
  6. shelflike
  7. shelflist
  8. shelflists
  9. shelflives
  10. shelfmark
  11. shelfmarks

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