Definition of Ringlike

1. Adjective. Having the shape of a ring.

Similar to: Circular, Round

Definition of Ringlike

1. Adjective. Like a ring; round or nearly so. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ringlike

1. resembling a ring [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ringlike

ringing engines
ringing in
ringingly
ringings
ringleader
ringleaders
ringleading
ringless
ringlestone
ringlestones
ringlet
ringleted
ringlets
ringletted
ringlike (current term)
ringmail
ringman
ringmaster
ringmasters
ringmen
ringneck
ringneck dove
ringneck snake
ringnecks
ringolevio
ringpiece
ringpieces
rings
rings in

Literary usage of Ringlike

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

1. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1900)
"... are always homogenous or very finely granulated, while the crescent-shaped or ringlike ... Between the crescent-shaped and the ringlike ..."

2. Repressive Legislation of the Republic of South Africa by Elizabeth S. Landis, United Nations Unit on Apartheid (1921)
"These separate ringlike bones are called the vertebra. ... NOTICE THE ringlike BONES — THE VERTEBRAE — SO PLACED UPON ONE ANOTHER THAT A PERSON CAN BEND ..."

3. Keeping the Body in Health by Michael Vincent O'Shea, John Harvey Kellogg (1921)
"These separate ringlike bones are called the vertebra. ... NOTICE THE ringlike BONES — THE VERTEBRA — SO PLACED UPON ONE ANOTHER THAT A PERSON CAN BEND ..."

4. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1881)
"And these ringlike exits ami entrances, out of and into, the filaments, have extreme importance ; also they are as beautiful and curious as they are ..."

5. EcoRegions of Alaska by Alisa L. Gallant (1998)
"Located in southwestern Alaska off Bristol and Kuskokwim Bays, the 51000-knr ecoregion is composed of steep, sharp, often ringlike groupings of rugged ..."

6. A Treatise on diseases of the skin for advanced students and practitioners by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1916)
"In some areas the ringlike development is not pronounced or is lacking, and instead of being rounded the patch may be elongated, irregular and striated, ..."

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