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womblike

womblike adjective: resembling a womb or uterus in shape or function.

Adjective

womblike (comparative more womblike, superlative most womblike)

  1. Resembling a womb or uterus in shape or function
    • He drew a womblike shape in the sand.
  2. Resembling an infant's experience of the womb
    • Their infants were attracted to the womblike sound and warmth of the maternal heart.1982, Charles W. Needham, The Principles of Cerebral Dominance, →ISBN, page 96

Forms of womblike

comparativemore womblike
superlativemost womblike

Origin of womblike

From womb + -like.

Questions about womblike

What does womblike mean?
Womblike means resembling a womb or uterus in shape or function.
What part of speech is womblike?
Womblike is an adjective.

Words near womblike in the dictionary

  1. wombled
  2. wombler
  3. wombles
  4. wombless
  5. womblessness
  6. womblike
  7. wombling
  8. womblings
  9. wombly
  10. wombman
  11. wombmate

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