spike
noun
a naillike fastener, 3 to 12 inches (7.6 to 30.5 centimeters) long and proportionately thicker than a common nail, for fastening together heavy timbers or railroad track.
spikelike
-
a word derived from
spike.
Example Sentences
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Coronaviruses get their name from the crown of spikelike proteins that surround them.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2020
Kiss Me Goodnight''; the four black Mills brothers huddled around a spikelike amplifier, knees quivering, sounding like a trumpet, a pair of saxophones and a tuba.
From Time Magazine Archive
So is that really Hank Bauer on television nowadays, spraying his spikelike crew cut with Ozon Hair Spray from that pink and grey can?
From Time Magazine Archive
Other hazards include a child's electric stove that produced temperatures of 600° and a baby's rattle that was held together with spikelike wires.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was now near the end of the day and the time he reached the first spikelike branch which gave him an opportunity to rest, the sun was preparing its pyrotechnics of Florida eventide.
From The Plunderer by Henry Oyen
