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shrinelike

shrinelike adjective: resembling, or having characteristics of, a shrine.

Adjective

shrinelike (comparative more shrinelike, superlative most shrinelike)

  1. Resembling, or having characteristics of, a shrine
    • The icon is kept in a shrinelike building.

Forms of shrinelike

comparativemore shrinelike
superlativemost shrinelike

Origin of shrinelike

From shrine + -like.

Questions about shrinelike

What does shrinelike mean?
Shrinelike means resembling, or having characteristics of, a shrine.
What part of speech is shrinelike?
Shrinelike is an adjective.

Words near shrinelike in the dictionary

  1. shrinekeeper
  2. shrinekeepers
  3. shrineless
  4. shrinelet
  5. shrinelets
  6. shrinelike
  7. Shriner
  8. Shriners
  9. shrines
  10. Shringar Nagar
  11. shrining

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