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HOOKLIKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hooklike mean?
• HOOKLIKE (adjective)
The adjective HOOKLIKE has 1 sense:
1. having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold)
Familiarity information: HOOKLIKE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold)
Synonyms:
hooked; hooklike
Context example:
hooklike thorns
Similar:
curved; curving (having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend)
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