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tartarlike

tartarlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of tartar.

Adjective (1)

tartarlike (comparative more tartarlike, superlative most tartarlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of tartar.
    • a tartarlike deposit on the teeth

Adjective (2) capitalized: Tartarlike

Tartarlike (comparative more Tartarlike, superlative most Tartarlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a Tartar.

Forms of tartarlike

comparativemore tartarlike
superlativemost tartarlike
comparativemore Tartarlike
superlativemost Tartarlike

Origin of tartarlike

From tartar + -like.

From Tartar + -like.

Questions about tartarlike

What does tartarlike mean?
Tartarlike means resembling or characteristic of tartar.
What part of speech is tartarlike?
Tartarlike is an adjective.

Words near tartarlike in the dictionary

  1. tartarizations
  2. tartarize
  3. tartarized
  4. tartarizes
  5. tartarizing
  6. tartarlike
  7. tartarly
  8. tartaroborate
  9. tartaroborates
  10. Tartarology
  11. tartarous

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