sole-like en · ADJ
Meanings
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Similar to the fish sole, as in taste, appearance, etc.
Over the fish-dish — something sole-like, exquisitely seethed in a strange sauce, garnished with roots and fruits of the country — Tommy became sentimental.
1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 527:
- Similar to the sole of the foot.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more sole-like | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most sole-like | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |