hoselike

Resembling garden tubing

Resembling a hose in form or function—long, flexible, and tubular: The elephant's hoselike trunk sprayed water across its back.

The word describes anything with the cylindrical, bendable quality of a garden hose or similar tube.

flexible

bendable

Able to curve

elastic · coiled · kinked · snaking · serpentine · sinuous · curving · looping · twisting · winding

tubular

pipe

Hollow conveyance channel

  • tubeHollow cylindrical passage
  • cylinderCircular-based solid form
  • ductTube conveying fluid

conduit · cannula · straw · nozzle · spout · bore · shaft · sleeve · barrel · casing

watering

sprinkler

Water-dispersing lawn fixture

nozzle · spigot · hydrant · spray · drenching · sprinkling · misting · showering · dousing · sluicing

elongated

snake

Limbless scaled reptile

  • eelElongated scaleless fish
  • tendrilCoiling plant appendage
  • vineTrailing climbing plant

tentacle · trunk · proboscis · appendage · worm · leech · lamprey · anaconda · ribbon · cord

Opposites
flexibility and shape

hoselikerigid

Unable to bend

stiff · inflexible · brittle · hard · unyielding

geometric form

hoselikeflat

Lacking vertical variation

planar · sheet-like · blocky · angular · cubic

Family

hose, hoses, hosiery, hosed, hosing, hosepipe

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G