Definition of "wordlike" [wordlike]

• Resembling a word. (adjective)

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• """ You get more muscle activation when you try to access a wordlike "castanets, 'which has a connotation of movement, than when you try to access an abstract word like" mercy ',' 'he finds."
• "At 1: 48: 30 a strange, wordlike sound was uttered, three syllables with emphasis on the second, perhaps more English than Arabic, and variously heard on the tape as "control it," "hydraulic," or something unintelligible."
• "To make the sounds wordlike, the dog had to be taught to stop growling the moment Bell released his mouth."