wortlikeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From wort +‎ -like.

形容詞

wortlike (comparative more wortlike, superlative most wortlike)

1. Like or resembling a wort
   • 1885, The Missionary Herald of the Baptist Missionary Society:

     Last Saturday, seeing the tumult beginning, I dismissed the students and tried to make my way home, but had great difficulty, because the field I was in was covered with wortlike ant-hills, and it was very difficult for me to keep my feet; […]

   • 2004, Scott E. Brown, Pennsylvania Waterfalls: A Guide for Hikers & Photographers:

     Deadfalls clog the base of this falls, and moss and ferns abound, along with odd-looking two-leaved wortlike plants I couldn't identify.

   • 2016, Timothy Sprinkle, True Beer:

     Like beer, the process involves pulling the natural starches from a wort-like mixture and then allowing yeast to convert those sugars into alcohol.

同意語

• worty

アナグラム

• tilework