Sentence:  At the slope 's base coils of concertina stretched out of eye range <WSD>like</WSD> a wild tangle of children 's hoops , stopped simultaneously , weirdly poised as if awaiting the magic of the child 's touch to start them all rolling again . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination