fan shaped

  • 1fan-shaped — adjective shaped in the form of a fan • Similar to: ↑formed * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : shaped like a fan and often having or made up of radiating parts (as wings, ribs, or individuals) that are felt to resemble the supporting sticks of a fan *… …

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  • 2fan shaped — Synonyms and related words: centrifugal, delta shaped, deltalike, deltoid, divaricate, divaricating, divergent, diverging, fan shape, fanlike, fanned, fanning, flabelliform, flared, flaring, open, outspread, outstretched, palmate, palmated,… …

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  • 3Fan and Mortar Geysers — Mortar in the foreground, and Fan in the background Name origin Fan Washburn Party (1870) Mortar Frank Jay Haynes (1883) Coordinates …

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  • 4fan|tail — «FAN TAYL», noun. 1. a tail, end, or part spread out like an open fan. 2. a pigeon, goldfish, or other animal whose tail spreads out like an open fan. An Australian flycatcher has such a tail. 3. the slender, overhanging part of the stern of some …

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  • 5Fan-tailed — a. (Zo[ o]l.) Having an expanded, or fan shaped, tail; as, the fan tailed pigeon. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 6Fan palm — (Bot.) Any palm tree having fan shaped or radiate leaves; as the {Cham[ae]rops humilis} of Southern Europe; the species of {Sabal} and {Thrinax} in the West Indies, Florida, etc.; and especially the great talipot tree ({Corypha umbraculifera}) of …

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  • 7fan palm — n. any palm tree with broad, fan shaped leaves: see FEATHER PALM …

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  • 8fan palm — noun palm having palmate or fan shaped leaves • Hypernyms: ↑palm, ↑palm tree • Hyponyms: ↑palmetto, ↑palmyra, ↑palmyra palm, ↑toddy palm, ↑wine palm, ↑ …

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  • 9fan — 1. n. & v. n. 1 an apparatus, usu. with rotating blades, giving a current of air for ventilation etc. 2 a device, usu. folding and forming a semicircle when spread out, for agitating the air to cool oneself. 3 anything spread out like a fan, e.g …

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  • 10fan — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fann, from Latin vannus more at winnow Date: before 12th century 1. any of various devices for winnowing grain 2. an instrument for producing a current of air: as a. a device that is held in the …

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