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sludgelike

sludgelike adjective: resembling sludge.

Adjective

sludgelike (comparative more sludgelike, superlative most sludgelike)

  1. Resembling sludge.
    • Now citrus: orange juice, some pineapple, and let the result cook down, focus the flavor, become sludgelike, glistening, fantastic.2009 June 28, Sam Sifton, “Comida Central”, in New York Times

Forms of sludgelike

comparativemore sludgelike
superlativemost sludgelike

Origin of sludgelike

From sludge + -like.

Questions about sludgelike

What does sludgelike mean?
Sludgelike means resembling sludge.
What part of speech is sludgelike?
Sludgelike is an adjective.

Words near sludgelike in the dictionary

  1. sludge metal
  2. sludge out
  3. sludgecore
  4. sludged
  5. sludged out
  6. sludgelike
  7. sludgemaker
  8. sludgemakers
  9. sludger
  10. sludgers
  11. sludges

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