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tomblike

tomblike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a tomb.

Adjective

tomblike (comparative more tomblike, superlative most tomblike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a tomb.
    • Yossarian walked out of the office and down the stairs into the dark, tomblike street, passing in the hall the stout woman with warts and two chins, who was already on her way back in.1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Eternal City”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 416
    • He wrapped himself in a heavy cloak and went out from his sleeping chamber into the tomblike silence of the castle.1994, Terry Brooks, The Talismans of Shannara

Forms of tomblike

comparativemore tomblike
superlativemost tomblike

Origin of tomblike

From tomb + -like.

Questions about tomblike

What does tomblike mean?
Tomblike means resembling or characteristic of a tomb.
What part of speech is tomblike?
Tomblike is an adjective.

Words near tomblike in the dictionary

  1. tombing
  2. tombless
  3. tomblessness
  4. tomblet
  5. tomblets
  6. tomblike
  7. Tomblin
  8. Tombling
  9. tombmate
  10. tombmates
  11. tombo

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