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violinlike

violinlike adjective: resembling a violin or its sound.

Adjective

violinlike (comparative more violinlike, superlative most violinlike)

  1. Resembling a violin or its sound.
    • IN 1927 The New York Times reported from Berlin about an astounding recent invention: a box with a brass rod and ring that, when the inventor moved his hands around them, produced a violinlike sound of “extraordinary beauty and fullness of tone.”2007 January 21, Daniel J. Wakin, “From the Archives, Just for Theremaniacs”, in New York Times

Forms of violinlike

comparativemore violinlike
superlativemost violinlike

Origin of violinlike

From violin + -like.

Questions about violinlike

What does violinlike mean?
Violinlike means resembling a violin or its sound.
What part of speech is violinlike?
Violinlike is an adjective.

Words near violinlike in the dictionary

  1. violinist analogy
  2. violinist argument
  3. violinistic
  4. violinistically
  5. violinists
  6. violinlike
  7. violinmaker
  8. violinmakers
  9. violinmaking
  10. violinophone
  11. violinophones

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