Resembling a cherry in appearance, taste, color, or other qualities.
Compound of 'cherry' plus the Old English suffix '-like' (meaning 'similar to'). This descriptive formation follows the common English pattern of creating adjectives to compare things to familiar objects.
The suffix '-like' is one of the most productive word-building tools in English, allowing speakers to instantly create comparisons—'cherry-like' could describe anything from a dark red knot in wood to a small round object.
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