tanklike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"The mechanical digger had tanklike treads."
"Yes, Rex had “got that,” and the old man was a great sport, but when he said a thing he meant it—otherwise Rex would never have been moving slowly up and down like a large fish in the dim green waters of this vast tanklike hall."

Etymology tree Prakrit 𑀝𑀁𑀓 (ṭaṃka) Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī)bor. Portuguese tanquebor. English tank Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English tanklike From tank + -like.

more tanklike (comparative) most tanklike (superlative)

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What does tanklike mean?

Resembling or characteristic of a tank (military vehicle).

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