gourdlike
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Shaped like a rounded, hollow fruit with a hard shell
- adjective
- /ˈɡʊrdˌlaɪk/
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en forma de calabaza
- The artist sculpted a gourdlike figure that captured the essence of nature.
Examples
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The decoration featured a gourdlike shape that added a whimsical touch to the room.
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On the tiny one—the old monk who got off the plane last—the lack of hair revealed a bumpy, gourdlike skull, discolored in places as if he had slept in dirt.
Fiction book (2000) -
Her costume was adorned with gourdlike ornaments that swayed as she danced.
How Gourdlike
Surface Forms
gourdlike positive
Morphology
Etymology
Gourdlike comes from gourd, a hard, rounded plant fruit often used as a container, and the ending -like meaning 'similar to'. So, gourdlike means 'similar to a gourd', which helps you picture a rounded, hard-shell or bottle-shaped object like a pumpkin.