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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

vaultlike en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. Having characteristics of a vault
    • a vaultlike hallway
    • Lissy shuddered in the stale smells and vaultlike chill of the kitchen. 1935, Kathleen Thompson Norris, Shining Windows, page 77:

Forms

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most vaultlike Degree=Sup lexicographic
vault-like alternative lexicographic
more vaultlike Degree=Cmp lexicographic