Definition of "ropelike" [ropelike]

• Resembling rope. (adjective)

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• "Roll each piece into a ropelike shape, ½ inch in diameter, and bend to make a ring, pressing the ends together until they stick."
• "Roll 1 piece into a ropelike shape, about 1 inch in diameter and 30 inches long."
• "Cormac let his gaze wander across the man in the bed: the ropelike veins in the backs of the hands, the broken blood vessels visible through the papery skin at the temples, the unruly shock of white hair."