Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a lid.

Etymologies

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lid +‎ -like

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Examples

  • I looked to Simon, who had flipped up the lidlike top of an armrest, revealing one of the half-dozen satellite phone receivers.

    A Long Day for Dying Patrick A. Davis 2003

  • I looked to Simon, who had flipped up the lidlike top of an armrest, revealing one of the half-dozen satellite phone receivers.

    A Long Day for Dying Patrick A. Davis 2003

  • I looked to Simon, who had flipped up the lidlike top of an armrest, revealing one of the half-dozen satellite phone receivers.

    A Long Day for Dying Patrick A. Davis 2003

  • In humans, this lidlike flap is open most of the time when we are talking.

    How to Speak Dog Stanley Coren 2000

  • He was no more aware, she saw clearly, of her as a person, as a woman, than he was of Emma Ellis of the lidlike hats and shabby hair.

    Jane Journeys On Ruth Comfort Mitchell 1918

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