linguinilike

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adjective

Resembling linguine.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectivelinguinilike (comparative more linguinilike, superlative most linguinilike)

comparative more linguinilike · superlative most linguinilike

  1. Resembling linguine.

    Likewise for his treatment of linguinilike rice noodles sauteed with whole shrimp, pork, egg, chiles, green onions, and bean sprouts.

    1987 July, Texas Monthly, page 36
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    What it always is, however, is repulsive almost beyond words, a sickening, monstrously contorted afterbirth of a blob, complete with linguinilike prying tentacles, which it uses to reproduce itself.

    1982, California, volume 7, numbers 5–8, page 99

    Along with hummus, baba ghanouj, and stuffed grape leaves made by Ms. Dabas, it sells barbecued spare ribs, a linguinilike string cheese called halabi, and a creamy cheesecake called knaffe that could rival the old Lindy’s cheesecake in its heyday.

    2009 May 15, Joseph Berger, “Changing Tastes, From Lingonberry to Baba Ghanouj”, in The New York Times

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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