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wigwamlike

wigwamlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a wigwam.

Adjective

wigwamlike (comparative more wigwamlike, superlative most wigwamlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a wigwam.
    • About 20 yards off a southeast edge of the pond, there was a dense wigwamlike structure of branches and switches rising three feet above the surface.2007 January 18, Corey Kilgannon, “Felled Trees in East Hampton: A Prank’s Toll, or a Beaver’s Lunch?”, in New York Times

Synonyms of wigwamlike

Forms of wigwamlike

comparativemore wigwamlike
superlativemost wigwamlike

Origin of wigwamlike

From wigwam + -like.

Questions about wigwamlike

What does wigwamlike mean?
Wigwamlike means resembling or characteristic of a wigwam.
What part of speech is wigwamlike?
Wigwamlike is an adjective.

Words near wigwamlike in the dictionary

  1. wigwags
  2. wigwam
  3. wigwam burner
  4. wigwam burners
  5. wigwam for a goose's bridle
  6. wigwamlike
  7. wigwammed
  8. wigwamming
  9. wigwams
  10. wihara
  11. wiharas

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