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vaultlike

vaultlike adjective: having characteristics of a vault.

Adjective

vaultlike (comparative more vaultlike, superlative most vaultlike)

  1. Having characteristics of a vault
    • a vaultlike hallway
    • Lissy shuddered in the stale smells and vaultlike chill of the kitchen.1935, Kathleen Thompson Norris, Shining Windows, page 77

Forms of vaultlike

comparativemore vaultlike
superlativemost vaultlike
alternative formvault-like

Origin of vaultlike

From vault + -like.

Questions about vaultlike

What does vaultlike mean?
Vaultlike means having characteristics of a vault.
What part of speech is vaultlike?
Vaultlike is an adjective.

Words near vaultlike in the dictionary

  1. vaulting tables
  2. vaulting-school
  3. vaulting-schools
  4. vaultingly
  5. vaultings
  6. vaultlike
  7. vaultman
  8. vaultmen
  9. vaults
  10. vaultworthy
  11. vaulty

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