cleflike

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adjective

Resembling a musical clef.

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Meanings

adjectivecleflike (comparative more cleflike, superlative most cleflike)

comparative more cleflike · superlative most cleflike

  1. Resembling a musical clef.

    Early sculptures refer, often explicitly, to musical structure and notation: the torqued staffs of “Sculpture No. 17” (1935) or the cleflike curlicues of “Sculpture 11” (1934).

    2008 May 8, Karen Rosenberg, “Italian Sculptor Attuned to the Harmonic Occupation of Space”, in New York Times

Origin

From clef + -like.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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