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💻 Acts as a file 🗂️ Like a file
file-like

file-like

6.0
Having the shape or rough surface of a metal tool used to smooth wood
  • adjective
: similar a un archivo
  • He used a file-like tool to smooth the edges of the wood.

Examples

  • The leaves had a file-like texture, feeling coarse to the touch.

  • The insect's file-like wings were rough and serrated.

  • The document had a file-like structure.

  • Her design was very file-like in appearance.

  • The insect's file-like wings were rough and serrated, enabling it to fly with great agility.

  • He used a file-like tool to smooth the edges of the wood, achieving a polished finish.

  • The leaves had a file-like texture, feeling coarse to the touch, similar to sandpaper.

How File-Like

similar
∞ 1.0
file-like
6.0
dissimilar
17 3.8

Surface Forms

file-like positive

Morphology

file-like = file (transparent) = file + like

The adjective is formed by the productive suffix '-like' meaning 'resembling', so 'file-like' directly means 'resembling a file'.

Etymology

File-like comes from the tool file plus the ending -like, which means 'similar to'. A file is a rough metal tool used to 'rub' or scrape wood or nails, so 'file-like' means having that rough, scraping shape or texture.