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wharflike

wharflike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a wharf.

Adjective

wharflike (comparative more wharflike, superlative most wharflike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a wharf.
    • Dock Square has an architecturally eclectic, wharflike feel, with low buildings of mixed vintages and styles...2006, Paul Karr, Frommer's Vermont, New Hampshire & Maine

Forms of wharflike

comparativemore wharflike
superlativemost wharflike

Origin of wharflike

From wharf + -like.

Questions about wharflike

What does wharflike mean?
Wharflike means resembling or characteristic of a wharf.
What part of speech is wharflike?
Wharflike is an adjective.

Words near wharflike in the dictionary

  1. wharfingers
  2. wharfings
  3. wharfland
  4. wharflands
  5. wharfless
  6. wharflike
  7. wharfman
  8. wharfmaster
  9. wharfmasters
  10. wharfmen
  11. wharfs

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