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English
Etymology
From tomb + -like.
Adjective
tomblike (comparative more tomblike, superlative most tomblike)
- Resembling or characteristic of a tomb.
1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Eternal City”, in Catch-22 , New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 416:Yossarian walked out of the office and down the stairs into the dark, tomblike street, passing in the hall the stout woman with warts and two chins, who was already on her way back in.
1994, Terry Brooks, The Talismans of Shannara:He wrapped himself in a heavy cloak and went out from his sleeping chamber into the tomblike silence of the castle.
Translations
resembling or characteristic of a tomb