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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

parklike en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. Resembling a park
    • But it does mean that what began as the most quixotic of efforts — a plan to turn an abandoned railroad bridge into a parklike path across the Hudson — might actually be close to gaining critical mass, if not quite the critical mass its original visionary had in mind. 2007 October 7, Peter Applebome, “A Job for Spider-Man, or a Former Boy Scout”, in New York Times:

Forms

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most parklike Degree=Sup lexicographic
more parklike Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Hypernyms

parky

Synonyms

parkish