scale
scalelike
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a word derived from
scale.
Example Sentences
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Oschin’s scalelike steel panels, albeit part of a smart, efficient structural solution, inevitably read as a watered-down redux of Frank Gehry’s Bilbao-era work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
In the opening section breathless, ascending, scalelike motifs keep being cut short, only to start over.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2014
The Buddha’s form is all but abstract, but the snake’s is straight from nature: you can see the curving spine under the skin, and every inch of skin is incised with fine, scalelike patterning.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2010
The translucent bodies' holographic foil will dazzle your prey, and the scalelike detail is beneath a transparent skin, so it won't wear away.
From Time Magazine Archive
They have minute scalelike leaves, and small flowers in spikes.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section T, U, V, and W by Project Gutenberg
