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turbinelike

turbinelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a turbine.

Adjective

turbinelike (comparative more turbinelike, superlative most turbinelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a turbine.
    • Accelerating onto Interstate 10, though, incites a turbinelike zing — quite pleasant, really, if not as satisfying as the guttural bark of a V-8 — and the Clarity blends effortlessly into traffic.2007 December 9, Norman Mayersohn, “Hydrogen Car Is Here, a Bit Ahead of Its Time”, in New York Times

Forms of turbinelike

comparativemore turbinelike
superlativemost turbinelike

Origin of turbinelike

From turbine + -like.

Questions about turbinelike

What does turbinelike mean?
Turbinelike means resembling or characteristic of a turbine.
What part of speech is turbinelike?
Turbinelike is an adjective.

Words near turbinelike in the dictionary

  1. turbine steamer
  2. turbine steamers
  3. turbinectomies
  4. turbinectomy
  5. turbined
  6. turbinelike
  7. turbinella
  8. turbinella oak
  9. turbinella oaks
  10. turbinellas
  11. turbinellid

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