Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling tape (the narrow band of material) or some aspect of it.

Etymologies

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tape +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Composite structures begin as pliable, clothlike weaves or sticky, tapelike strips of special fibers that are laid down in layers to form a desired shape.

    The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010

  • Composite structures begin as pliable, clothlike weaves or sticky, tapelike strips of special fibers that are laid down in layers to form a desired shape.

    The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010

  • Composite structures begin as pliable, clothlike weaves or sticky, tapelike strips of special fibers that are laid down in layers to form a desired shape.

    The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010

  • Gyp sat with it on her knee, vaguely taking in her surroundings -- a thin old gentleman anxiously weighing himself in a corner, a white-calved footman crossing with a tea-tray; a number of hats on pegs; the green-baize board with its white rows of tapelike paper, and three members standing before it.

    Beyond John Galsworthy 1900

  • Gyp sat with it on her knee, vaguely taking in her surroundings -- a thin old gentleman anxiously weighing himself in a corner, a white-calved footman crossing with a tea-tray; a number of hats on pegs; the green-baize board with its white rows of tapelike paper, and three members standing before it.

    Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

  • His fields of white, outlined and bisected by tapelike lines of strong color, or segmented into wide bands or blocks of color, were indebted to the precision and tactility of Mondrian and the scale and specificity of Minimalism.

    NYT > Home Page By ROBERTA SMITH 2011

  • A 46-year-old woman presented with a history of 3 days of pruritus in the anal area and 1 day of excretion of tapelike materials.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • A 46-year-old woman presented with a history of 3 days of pruritus in the anal area and 1 day of excretion of tapelike materials.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • A 46-year-old woman presented with a history of 3 days of pruritus in the anal area and 1 day of excretion of tapelike materials.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • A 46-year-old woman presented with a history of 3 days of pruritus in the anal area and 1 day of excretion of tapelike materials.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

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