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tower-like

tower-like is the alternative form of towerlike.

Meaning of towerlike

Adjective

towerlike (comparative more towerlike, superlative most towerlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a tower.
    • A small group of warriors, some of them in the line of battle, with only head and feet showing above and below a line of tall, tower-like shields locked close together.1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 38

Forms of tower-like

comparativemore tower-like
superlativemost tower-like

Questions about tower-like

What is tower-like the alternative form of?
Tower-like is the alternative form of towerlike.

Words near tower-like in the dictionary

  1. tower of silence
  2. tower of strength
  3. tower over
  4. tower shield
  5. tower shields
  6. tower-like
  7. towerblock
  8. towerblocks
  9. towered
  10. towered over
  11. towerer

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