ropelike

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adjective

Resembling rope.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectiveropelike (comparative more ropelike, superlative most ropelike)

comparative more ropelike · superlative most ropelike

  1. Resembling rope.

Origin

  1. Englishrope
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishropelike

From rope + -like.

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Translations

Finnish köysimäinen
  • köysimäinenresembling rope

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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