Usually means: Resembling or similar to bristles.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. bristlelike: Merriam-Webster
  2. bristlelike: Collins English Dictionary
  3. bristlelike: Vocabulary.com
  4. bristlelike: Wordnik
  5. bristlelike: Wiktionary
  6. bristlelike: Dictionary.com
  7. bristlelike: Rhymezone
  8. bristlelike: FreeDictionary.org
  9. bristlelike: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. bristlelike: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bristlelike: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

(Note: See bristle as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bristlelike)

▸ adjective:  Resembling or characteristic of a bristle.

Similar:
armed, spinelike, setaceous, bridlelike, toothbrushy, braidlike, setiferous, bristly, whiskerlike, broomlike, more...

Opposite:
smooth, sleek, soft, flat, even

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Similar:
armed, spinelike, setaceous, bridlelike, toothbrushy, braidlike, setiferous, bristly, whiskerlike, broomlike, more...

Opposite:
smooth, sleek, soft, flat, even



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