altarlike

A1L1T1A1R1L1I1K5E1

adjective

Resembling or characteristic of an altar.

Scrabble 13
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivealtarlike (comparative more altarlike, superlative most altarlike)

comparative more altarlike · superlative most altarlike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an altar.

    All this he inferred from the altarlike prow and there being no women on board.

    1849, Herman Melville, Mardi: And a Voyage Thither

Origin

From altar + -like.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

altarlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/altarlike

MLA

“altarlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/altarlike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “altarlike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/altarlike.

Source: altarlike on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.