clamplike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a clamp.

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Meanings

adjectiveclamplike (comparative more clamplike, superlative most clamplike)

comparative more clamplike · superlative most clamplike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a clamp.

    There are battery-powered traps that electrocute them and the classic spring-activated wire traps and similar clamplike plastic traps.

    2008 May 9, Steve Bailey, “Your House, Their Nest”, in New York Times

Origin

From clamp + -like.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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