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trencherlike

trencherlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a trencher (long plate).

Adjective

trencherlike (comparative more trencherlike, superlative most trencherlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a trencher (long plate).
    • a large trencherlike basin

Forms of trencherlike

comparativemore trencherlike
superlativemost trencherlike

Origin of trencherlike

From trencher + -like.

Questions about trencherlike

What does trencherlike mean?
Trencherlike means resembling or characteristic of a trencher (long plate).
What part of speech is trencherlike?
Trencherlike is an adjective.

Words near trencherlike in the dictionary

  1. trencher-man
  2. trencher-men
  3. trencherful
  4. trencherfuls
  5. trenchering
  6. trencherlike
  7. trenchermaker
  8. trenchermakers
  9. trencherman
  10. trenchermanship
  11. trenchermen

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