asbestoslike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of asbestos.

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Meanings

adjectiveasbestoslike (comparative more asbestoslike, superlative most asbestoslike)

comparative more asbestoslike · superlative most asbestoslike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of asbestos.

    The lesions of psoriasis are usually characteristic, consisting of sharply outlined dull red patches of varying size, with thickening of the skin, and a heavy rough scale which is silvery or asbestoslike in colour.

    1963, Harry S Ashmore, Encyclopædia Britannica: a new survey of universal knowledge: Volume 18

Origin

From asbestos + -like.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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