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tinsellike

tinsellike adjective: resembling or characteristic of tinsel.

Adjective

tinsellike (comparative more tinsellike, superlative most tinsellike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of tinsel.
    • Lined with reddish clay; has a tinsellike appearance as seen through the transparent glass wall.1973, Dorothy Blair, Corning Museum of Glass, A History of Glass in Japan (page 361)

Forms of tinsellike

comparativemore tinsellike
superlativemost tinsellike

Origin of tinsellike

From tinsel + -like.

Questions about tinsellike

What does tinsellike mean?
Tinsellike means resembling or characteristic of tinsel.
What part of speech is tinsellike?
Tinsellike is an adjective.

Words near tinsellike in the dictionary

  1. tinseled
  2. tinselfish
  3. tinseling
  4. tinselled
  5. tinselless
  6. tinsellike
  7. tinselling
  8. tinselly
  9. tinselries
  10. tinselry
  11. tinsels

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