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spadelike

spadelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a spade.

Adjective

spadelike (comparative more spadelike, superlative most spadelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a spade.

Forms of spadelike

comparativemore spadelike
superlativemost spadelike

Origin of spadelike

From spade + -like.

Questions about spadelike

What does spadelike mean?
Spadelike means resembling or characteristic of a spade.
What part of speech is spadelike?
Spadelike is an adjective.

Words near spadelike in the dictionary

  1. spadefoot toads
  2. spadefoots
  3. spadeful
  4. spadefuls
  5. spadeless
  6. spadelike
  7. spadellid
  8. spadeload
  9. spadeloads
  10. spademan
  11. spademen

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