Definition of Necklike

1. Adjective. Resembling a neck.

Similar to: Necked

Definition of Necklike

1. Adjective. Resembling a neck or some aspect of one. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Necklike

1. resembling the neck [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Necklike

necking
neckings
necklace
necklace of Venus
necklace poplar
necklace tree
necklaced
necklacelike
necklaces
necklacing
neckland
necklands
neckless
necklet
necklets
necklike (current term)
neckline
necklined
necklines
neckmould
neckpiece
neckpieces
neckplate
neckplates
necks
necks of the woods
neckstrap
neckstraps
necktie
necktie-party

Literary usage of Necklike

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"... the cat, and perhaps some other mammals, there is a necklike region just caudad of the ... there is another necklike region cephalad of the ..."

2. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1916)
"... the shape of the achenes is rather that of B. tripartita and its allies; but the thick, necklike constriction at the apex of the achenes and below the ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1879)
"Some blocks of granite, volcanic rock, and sandstone are weathered all over, except at a necklike portion where they have been broken off as at a joint. ..."

4. The Microscopy of Drinking Water by George Chandler Whipple, John Wymond Miller Bunker (1914)
"Animalcules colorless, highly elastic, and changeable in form, the anterior portion produced as a long, flexible, narrow, necklike process, ..."

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