chimelike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a chime.

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Meanings

adjectivechimelike (comparative more chimelike, superlative most chimelike)

comparative more chimelike · superlative most chimelike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a chime.

    He is perhaps best known for his sounding sculptures, metal sculptures with masses of rods or wires that make chimelike sounds when touched or moved by the wind.

    2007 November 30, Wendy Moonan, “From City to City, 20th-Century Art and Furniture”, in New York Times

Origin

From chime + -like.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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