vanillalike

English

Alternative forms

• vanilla-like

Etymology

vanilla +‎ -like

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vəˈnɪləlaɪ̯k/

Adjective

vanillalike (comparative more vanillalike, superlative most vanillalike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of vanilla in taste or scent.

   Synonym: vanilla-y

   The vanillalike aroma filled the room when I lit the candle.

   The frosting had a strong vanillalike flavor, much reminiscent of vanilla ice cream.

   • 1982, Susan J. Wernert, Reader's Digest North American Wildlife, Reader's Digest, →ISBN, page 423:

     […] the Garden Heliotrope (Heliotropium arborescens), valued for the vanillalike fragrance of its purple flowers, is native to Peru.

   • 1997 January 7, Susan Miller Cavitch, The Soapmaker's Companion: A Comprehensive Guide with Recipes, Techniques & Know-How, Storey Publishing, →ISBN, page 206:

     Soapmakers are eager to incorporate resins into soap because of their medicinal value, vanillalike scent and rich, brown tones.

   • 1998, Lisa Gollin Evans, An Outdoor Family Guide to Rocky Mountain National Park, The Mountaineers Books, →ISBN, page 155:

     The vanillalike fragrance of the mature ponderosa pines fills the air.

   • 2000 February, Karen Robards, Ghost Moon, Dell Publishing, →ISBN, page 94:

     The delicate vanillalike aroma that gave the bush its name wafted around her.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:vanillalike.