Wortlike
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Wortlike is an adjective meaning Like or resembling a wort.
Meaning
Like or resembling a wort.
Example Sentences
Deadfalls clog the base of this falls, and moss and ferns abound, along with odd-looking two-leaved wortlike plants I couldn't identify.
Like beer, the process involves pulling the natural starches from a wort-like mixture and then allowing yeast to convert those sugars into alcohol.
Last Saturday, seeing the tumult beginning, I dismissed the students and tried to make my way home, but had great difficulty, because the field I was in was covered with wortlike ant-hills, and it was very difficult for me to keep my feet; […]
Word Forms
- wort-like
Synonyms for wortlike
Depending on context, synonyms include worty.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include worty, wordlike, wartlike, wartish, wheatlike, alelike.
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