Tardis-like

adjective

Resembling the TARDIS in character or manner, as in appearing like a British police box, being unexpectedly capacious, or providing an immersive view of history.

Meanings

Tardis-like1

adjectiveTardis-like (comparative more Tardis-like, superlative most Tardis-like)

comparative more Tardis-like · superlative most Tardis-like · alternative Tardislike · alternative TARDIS-like

  1. Resembling the TARDIS in character or manner, as in appearing like a British police box, being unexpectedly capacious, or providing an immersive view of history.

    Cassie sighed as she shoved everything back into the Tardis-like bag.

    2014, Louisa George, Her Client from Hell, Harlequin, published 2014, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    There was a row of blue Tardis-like Portaloos out behind the strip of trestle bars.

    2007, Jonathan Trigell, Cham, Corsair, published 2012, →ISBN

    At the Tardis-like Kanalmuséet […] you can be initiated into the history and mystery of the canal, designed by engineer Nils Ericson and inaugurated in 1868; or hop on a vessel yourself.

    2015, Becky Ohlsen, Anna Kaminski, & Josephine Quintero, Lonely Planet Sweden, Lonely Planet, published 2015, →ISBN

TARDIS-like2

adjectiveTARDIS-like (comparative more TARDIS-like, superlative most TARDIS-like)

comparative more TARDIS-like · superlative most TARDIS-like

  1. rarerare spelling of Tardis-like

Origin

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APA

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Chicago

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