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vellumlike

vellumlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of vellum.

Adjective

vellumlike (comparative more vellumlike, superlative most vellumlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of vellum.
    • The materials are almost as various: different combinations of ink, graphite, graphite pencil, graphite wash, watercolor, pastel, acrylic, oil stick, colored pencil and collage on paper or vellumlike plastic.2008 April 10, Roberta Smith, “Consummate Recycler Meets a Pointillist”, in New York Times

Forms of vellumlike

comparativemore vellumlike
superlativemost vellumlike

Origin of vellumlike

From vellum + -like.

Questions about vellumlike

What does vellumlike mean?
Vellumlike means resembling or characteristic of vellum.
What part of speech is vellumlike?
Vellumlike is an adjective.

Words near vellumlike in the dictionary

  1. vells
  2. vellum
  3. vellum cloth
  4. vellum paper
  5. vellum papers
  6. vellumlike
  7. vellums
  8. vellumy
  9. vellus
  10. vellus hair
  11. vellus hairs

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