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squashlike

squashlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a squash (the vegetable).

Adjective

squashlike (comparative more squashlike, superlative most squashlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a squash (the vegetable).
    • ...his official mission concluded, he mopped his brow with a flaming yellow handkerchief which gave an extra jaundice to his already squashlike complexion...1910, The Cosmopolitan, volume 50, page 501
    • This sweet pepper with tomato- or squashlike fruits is one of the oldest forms of Capsicum still being cultivated today.1995, Jean Andrews, Peppers: the domesticated Capsicums

Forms of squashlike

comparativemore squashlike
superlativemost squashlike

Origin of squashlike

From squash + -like.

Questions about squashlike

What does squashlike mean?
Squashlike means resembling or characteristic of a squash (the vegetable).
What part of speech is squashlike?
Squashlike is an adjective.

Words near squashlike in the dictionary

  1. squashinesses
  2. squashing
  3. squashing the beef
  4. squashingly
  5. squashings
  6. squashlike
  7. squashy
  8. squassation
  9. squassations
  10. squat
  11. squat cage

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