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vortexlike

vortexlike adjective: resembling a vortex.

Adjective

vortexlike (comparative more vortexlike, superlative most vortexlike)

  1. Resembling a vortex.
    • To watch “Twitch City,” in other words, is often to watch someone watch TV. The screen serves as a de facto mirror — a nifty trick for a show about the vortexlike pull and mind-altering possibilities of television.2007 February 11, Dennis Lim, “One Couch Potato, Gently Roasted”, in New York Times

Forms of vortexlike

comparativemore vortexlike
superlativemost vortexlike

Origin of vortexlike

From vortex + -like.

Questions about vortexlike

What does vortexlike mean?
Vortexlike means resembling a vortex.
What part of speech is vortexlike?
Vortexlike is an adjective.

Words near vortexlike in the dictionary

  1. vortexer
  2. vortexers
  3. vortexes
  4. vortexing
  5. vortexless
  6. vortexlike
  7. vortexon
  8. vortexons
  9. vortexor
  10. vortexors
  11. vortical

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