boxlike

adj

Meaning

Resembling or characteristic of a box.

Examples

The steel skin covering the framing is welded to it and to the underframe, forming a boxlike construction.

Word Forms

more boxlike most boxlike box-like

Etymology

Etymology tree
English box
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -like
English -like
English boxlike
From box + -like.

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