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PRONUNCIATION OF TOMBLIKE

tomblike  [ˈtuːmˌlaɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOMBLIKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tomblike is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TOMBLIKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tomblike in the English dictionary

The definition of tomblike in the dictionary is resembling a tomb.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TOMBLIKE


armlike
ˈɑːmˌlaɪk
balm-like
ˈbɑːmˌlaɪk
beamlike
ˈbiːmˌlaɪk
cormlike
ˈkɔːmˌlaɪk
creamlike
ˈkriːmˌlaɪk
daydreamlike
ˈdeɪdriːmˌlaɪk
dreamlike
ˈdriːmˌlaɪk
fumelike
ˈfjuːmˌlaɪk
gamelike
ˈɡeɪmˌlaɪk
gemlike
ˈdʒɛmˌlaɪk
germ-like
ˈdʒɜːmˌlaɪk
glumelike
ˈɡluːmˌlaɪk
gumlike
ˈɡʌmˌlaɪk
homelike
ˈhəʊmˌlaɪk
hymnlike
ˈhɪmˌlaɪk
palmlike
ˈpɑːmˌlaɪk
phantomlike
ˈfæntəmˌlaɪk
plumelike
ˈpluːmˌlaɪk
seamlike
ˈsiːmˌlaɪk
streamlike
ˈstriːmˌlaɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOMBLIKE

tomato plant
tomato sauce
tomato soup
tomatoey
tomb
tombac
tombal
Tombaugh
tombic
tombless
tomboc
tombola
tombolo
Tombouctou
tomboy
tomboyish
tomboyishly
tomboyishness
tombstone
tombstoning

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOMBLIKE

biblike
cherublike
comblike
crablike
dislike
herblike
hoblike
knoblike
lamblike
like
niblike
riblike
shrublike
slablike
there´s nothing like
thumblike
tublike
unlike
weblike
womblike

Synonyms and antonyms of tomblike in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tomblike» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOMBLIKE

Find out the translation of tomblike to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tomblike from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tomblike» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

tomblike
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sepulcral
570 millions of speakers

English

tomblike
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tomblike
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

tomblike
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

tomblike
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sepulcral
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tomblike
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tomblike
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tomblike
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tomblike
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

tomblike
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무덤 같은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tomblike
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tomblike
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tomblike
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कबुतरासारखा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tomblike
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

di tomba
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tomblike
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

tomblike
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tomblike
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ομοιάζων προς τάφον
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tomblike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tomblike
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tomblike
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tomblike

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOMBLIKE»

The term «tomblike» is used very little and occupies the 184.632 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOMBLIKE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tomblike» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tomblike» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tomblike

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOMBLIKE»

Discover the use of tomblike in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tomblike and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cotton's Queer Relations: Same-Sex Intimacy and the ...
The collapse ofindividuation between Quentin and Shreve offers a new way of understanding the gradual transformation of their room from “rosy orifice” to something “tomblike” (240, 275, 276). Some critics have argued that the tomblike  ...
Michael P. Bibler, 2009
2
Italian Film in the Light of Neorealism
... revelry to the tomblike office — doubly tomblike now that the novelist has died — reveals the victory of bureaucracy and order over the richness and anarchy of human foibles. Appropriately, the film's own narration comes to an end as ...
Millicent Joy Marcus, 1986
3
Lily Whites of Steel
Lacey's smile froze upon the tomblike mask of her face, for she had the dark, dreadful sensation that their current ghost lives were held together by a thin, wavering thread rather than a sturdy bridge between two chapters. Staples of a life they ...
Lindsay Evelyn Hamilton, 2013
4
To the Third Empire: Ibsen's Early Drama
It begins in a setting of darkness and chaos, a vaulted underground chamber of tomblike obscurity— similar to the vault in which Furia was imprisoned— filled with swirling visions, clouds, and phantoms. This dark chaos is penetrated by light, ...
Brian Johnston, 1980
5
Worlds of Deep Space Nine 2: TRILL and BAJOR
The thing that struck her most viscerally was the tomblike darkness of so much of the place, which was lit only in the most strategic and necessary places, mainly along the stone stairways and near the frothy gray symbiont breeding pools.
Andy Mangels, Michael A. Martin, J. Noah Kym, 2012
6
Imagining Illegitimacy in Classical Greek Literature
but was hidden confined in her tomblike thalamos (Antigone 944-946).29 The comparison is one Achilles' shield in the Iliad, the brides are described as emerging from their thalamoi under the light of torches. This description should mean that ...
Mary Ebbott, 2003
7
The White Ladies of Worcester: A Romance of the Twelfth Century
... with a smell of earth and damp stones, the slightest sound reverberating in hollow exaggeration, yet, in itself, silent as the grave. This tomblike quality in their surroundings seemed to make their 99 Chapter XIV - Farewell—Here, and Now.
Florence L. Barclay, 2012
8
The Luck of Roaring Camp: Selected Stories of Bret Harte
yard; but otherwise the old tomblike repose characterizes the building. One of the peons recognized me as I entered the court, and Altas- car met me on the corridor. I was too weak to do more than beg his hospitality for the men who had ...
Bret Harte, 2008
9
Marks of Men
Tomblike shell, kindly remain an opaque surface Act not like. If not for father's suggestion I would have majored in Sociology A course among courses That offers the opportunity Of seeing spectacular sights and hearing peculiar pitches ...
Fab Chu Eze, 2012
10
Ulysses and the Irish God
"Aeolus" reveals a phallic and tomblike stone monument at the very heart of Dublin, a surrounding skyline dominated by ecclesiastical "tombs" for the spiritually dead, and steel rails that move outward from the city's heart to its circumference ...
Frederick K. Lang, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOMBLIKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tomblike is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Department of Magical Education: Studios Architecture Works …
Studios took the tomblike building and, in 10 months, transformed it into 100,000 square feet of functional space, including seemingly unusable vaults under the ... «Interior Design, Jun 15»
2
Gretchen Morgenson on the Problems at GM
Finally, employees were advised not to use phrases such as “tomblike” and “rolling sarcophagus.” This manipulation of language reminded me of George ... «New York Times, Jun 14»
3
Papi and After
Their dugout was tomblike last night after Shane Victorino's three-run double, high off the wall in the third inning, and no wonder. The eight Boston batters not ... «New Yorker, Oct 13»
4
2013 Buick Encore First Drive
For now, the 2013 Buick Encore is a unique offering with its composed ride, tomblike quietness and intuitive connectivity in a compact crossover. Unfortunately ... «Edmunds.com, Dec 12»
5
Weekend Special: What It's Like To Soar Into Space, Then Crash To …
... past the clouds, into starry space, the Earth all blue and turning spherical below, everything silent, tomblike, and then, just like that — you slip and start to fall? «NPR, Mar 12»
6
Review: August: Osage County at ZACH Theatre
His subsequent disappearance brings his three daughters, Barbara, Ivy, and Karen, back under their mother's hot, tomblike roof. Toss in their helmet-haired aunt ... «Austinist, Apr 11»
7
Romania Dedicates Memorial to Victims of the Holocaust
Mr. Basescu was joined by Holocaust survivors and other leaders during the ceremony to unveil the marble and concrete tomblike monument, which cost $7.4 ... «New York Times, Oct 09»
8
Get Your Fix of Gold and Dancing
CALL it magical realism: entering the tomblike sanctum of GoldBar on Broome Street in Manhattan, you can't help but feel as if you have fallen down the rabbit ... «New York Times, Jul 09»
9
Travel books: A Pint of Plain and Savoir Faire London
The writer Anthony Cronin has called the ambience 'churchlike or tomblike, according to mood', and I felt a quiet sense of ceremony, along with a flutter of ghosts ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 09»
10
Down: Down III: Over the UnderDown III: Over the Under (2007)
The songs have an overall spooky, formidable tone and tomblike mists that slip subliminally into the listener's ear. Produced by Warren Riker, who also ... «Punknews.org, Nov 07»

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