(archaic, chiefly biblical, in adjective or adverb phrases that express resemblance) like, similar to

(informal) Better, more desirable.

Alternative spelling of headlike

plural of shell-like

Having a similar shape to a seashell. / (literary, dated) Of the external ear, resembling the graceful convolutions of a seashell.

(slang, Britain, Australia, especially in set phrases) The ear.

(simile, UK) With unstoppable momentum.

Alternative spelling of blocklike

Alternative spelling of lavalike

(simile, UK, informal) Very hard or very rapidly.