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furlike

furlike

4.6
A thing that has soft thick hair like an animal coat
  • adjective
translation icon : similar al pelo
  • The kitten's coat had a soft, furlike texture that made it irresistible to pet.

Examples

  • She wore a furlike scarf that kept her warm during the chilly winter months.

  • The blanket was made of a furlike material that felt cozy against her skin.

  • It had almost a furlike quality, a texture that wasn't visible to his VISOR, but his hand picked it up.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Their highly developed sense of smell and hearing, their furlike feathers and low body temperature, and other physiological specialties have led scientists to award these birds the status of "honorary mammals."

    Academic text (1993)

Synonyms

furry
vsfurlike
52 1.0

Covered with soft thick hair like an animal

is about resembling those hair qualities rather than being literally covered
woolly
vsfurlike
12 3.0

Soft and covered with thick hair like a sheep

emphasizes hairlike qualities rather than fluffy textile-like texture

Antonyms

bald
280 1.0

Having little or no hair on the head

How Furry

shaggy
22 3.2
furry
52 1.0
furlike
4.6

Surface Forms

furlike positive

Morphology

furlike = fur (transparent) = fur + like

Formed by the productive suffix '-like' added to the noun 'fur'; a learner who knows 'fur' and '-like' can infer 'resembling fur'.

Etymology

Furlike comes from the simple word fur, meaning 'soft animal hair', and the ending -like, meaning 'similar to'. So, furlike describes something that 'feels like' or looks like fur.