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shoeboxlike

shoeboxlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a shoebox.

Adjective

shoeboxlike (comparative more shoeboxlike, superlative most shoeboxlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a shoebox.
    • People may store their pictures as ongoing collections in shoeboxlike containers, or they may order them carefully in albums...2007, José van Dijck, Mediated memories in the digital age

Forms of shoeboxlike

comparativemore shoeboxlike
superlativemost shoeboxlike

Origin of shoeboxlike

From shoebox + -like.

Questions about shoeboxlike

What does shoeboxlike mean?
Shoeboxlike means resembling or characteristic of a shoebox.
What part of speech is shoeboxlike?
Shoeboxlike is an adjective.

Words near shoeboxlike in the dictionary

  1. shoebox
  2. shoeboxes
  3. shoeboxesful
  4. shoeboxful
  5. shoeboxfuls
  6. shoeboxlike
  7. shoebrush
  8. shoebrushes
  9. Shoeburyness
  10. shoebutton plant
  11. shoebuttons

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