asbestoslike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

asbestos +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

asbestoslike (comparative more asbestoslike, superlative most asbestoslike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of asbestos.
    • 1963, Harry S Ashmore, Encyclopædia Britannica: a new survey of universal knowledge: Volume 18:
      The lesions of psoriasis are usually characteristic, consisting of sharply outlined dull red patches of varying size, with thickening of the skin, and a heavy rough scale which is silvery or asbestoslike in colour.