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garagelike en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English garage Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English garagelike From garage + -like.

Meanings

  1. Resembling a garage.
  2. (broadly, figuratively) Rough and unfinished.
    • The grill guys sometimes dance around the flames to the soundtrack of this garagelike restaurant. 2009 January 25, Kris Ensminger, “On the Cheap”, in New York Times:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
garage-like alternative lexicographic
most garagelike Degree=Sup lexicographic
more garagelike Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

unrefined · rudimental · primitive · undeveloped · rude · undeveloped · rudimentary · garagelike · rudimentary · rough · crude