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winterlike

winterlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of winter; wintry.

Adjective

winterlike (comparative more winterlike, superlative most winterlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of winter; wintry.
    • Well, in a season of meteorological extremes, perhaps it should not come as a great surprise to see several inches of hail accumulate in Yonkers on Tuesday night, creating scenes of winterlike wonder that residents were still dealing with on Wednesday.2009 July 9, Libby Nelson, “Winter, Like Guest Uninvited, Drops In”, in New York Times

Forms of winterlike

comparativemore winterlike
superlativemost winterlike

Origin of winterlike

From winter + -like.

Questions about winterlike

What does winterlike mean?
Winterlike means resembling or characteristic of winter; wintry.
What part of speech is winterlike?
Winterlike is an adjective.

Words near winterlike in the dictionary

  1. Winterkorn
  2. Winterkorns
  3. Winterland
  4. winterless
  5. winterlessness
  6. winterlike
  7. winterling
  8. winterlings
  9. winterlong
  10. winterly
  11. Wintermute

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