vaultlike

vaultlike

See also: vault-like

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

    From vault + -like.

    Adjective

    vaultlike (comparative more vaultlike, superlative most vaultlike)

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