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tubelike

tubelike adjective: resembling a tube, especially in shape.

Adjective

tubelike (comparative more tubelike, superlative most tubelike)

  1. Resembling a tube, especially in shape.
    • At risk are the corpora cavernosa, the two tubelike masses of tissue that run through the center of the penis.1988 January 29, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of tubelike

comparativemore tubelike
superlativemost tubelike

Origin of tubelike

From tube + -like.

Questions about tubelike

What does tubelike mean?
Tubelike means resembling a tube, especially in shape.
What part of speech is tubelike?
Tubelike is an adjective.

Words near tubelike in the dictionary

  1. tubelessness
  2. tubelet
  3. tubelets
  4. tubelight
  5. tubelights
  6. tubelike
  7. tubemaker
  8. tubemakers
  9. tubemaking
  10. tubenose
  11. tubenoses

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