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wheel-like

wheel-like

3.8
Round and flat like a circle
  • adjective
  • /ˈwiːlˌlaɪk/
translation icon : en forma de rueda
  • The artist created a sculpture with wheel-like features that resembled a giant spinning top.

Examples

  • The decoration on the table had a wheel-like shape that caught everyone's eye.

  • But Bala is carried off on the sneaker in a huge, looping, ferris-wheel-like motion.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • There it transforms into a polyp that will produce many wheel-like ephyrae, about 1/25 of an inch across; like a perennial plant, it will continue to produce them each spring.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Beyond the mouthpiece, there is a ribbed band, and the flat surface of the remainder of the horn is incised with wheel-like forms and what seem to be chains of ornament around the horn's rim.

    Academic text (1999)

  • During the festival, they displayed a colorful banner shaped in a wheel-like manner.

Synonyms

circular
vswheel-like
84 2.8

Having the shape of a circle

is flat as well as round and often implies a turning use
roundish
vswheel-like
1 2.8

A shape that is almost like a circle

is clearly flat and round not merely a rough outline
disk-shaped
vswheel-like
  • US
1 3.8

Having a flat, round shape like a coin

is flat and round but suggests an object meant to turn or roll
rounded
vswheel-like
1 2.4

Having a smooth, curved shape with no sharp points

is flat and round focusing on flat form rather than general curvature
disklike
vswheel-like
  • US
4.6

Having a flat, round shape like a coin

is flat and round yet more connected to objects that rotate
roundy
vswheel-like
  • Informal
6.6

A little round in shape like a small stone

is fully flat and round rather than only gently curved

How Round

circular
84 2.8
wheel-like
3.8
rounded
1 2.4
oval
38 1.0
irregular
16 3.3

Surface Forms

wheel-like positive

Morphology

wheel-like = wheel (transparent) = wheel + like

The adjective is clearly formed by adding the productive suffix '-like' to 'wheel' meaning 'having the shape or qualities of a wheel', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Wheel-like is made from the word wheel and the ending -like, where -like means 'similar to' and wheel brings the idea of a 'round' shape. So something wheel-like looks like a wheel — round and flat, like a car wheel or a round shield.