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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

troughlike en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a trough.
    • SAN FRANCISCO, July 23 — Pacific Gas & Electric, Northern California’s major utility, is announcing a commitment on Wednesday to purchase 550 megawatts of solar power to be generated by troughlike arrays of mirrors spread over nine square miles in the Mojave Desert. 2007 July 25, Felicity Barringer, “California Utility Agrees to Buy Power Generated by Solar Array”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 May 2021:

Forms

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most troughlike Degree=Sup lexicographic
more troughlike Degree=Cmp lexicographic