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shroudlike

shroudlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a shroud.

Adjective

shroudlike (comparative more shroudlike, superlative most shroudlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a shroud.
    • To devour a mitochondrion, a cell first swaddles it in a shroudlike membrane, which is then transported to a lysosome.2009 October 6, Carl Zimmer, “Self-Destructive Behavior in Cells May Hold Key to a Longer Life”, in New York Times

Forms of shroudlike

comparativemore shroudlike
superlativemost shroudlike

Origin of shroudlike

From shroud + -like.

Questions about shroudlike

What does shroudlike mean?
Shroudlike means resembling or characteristic of a shroud.
What part of speech is shroudlike?
Shroudlike is an adjective.

Words near shroudlike in the dictionary

  1. shroudie
  2. shroudies
  3. shrouding
  4. shroudings
  5. shroudless
  6. shroudlike
  7. shrouds
  8. shroudy
  9. Shrout
  10. Shrouts
  11. shrove

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