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  • 21dish-shaped — adjective shaped like a dish or pan • Syn: ↑dished, ↑patelliform • Similar to: ↑concave * * * dish shaped «DIHSH SHAYPT», adjective. shaped like a dish: »With this 140 foot, dish shaped antenna to catch radio radiation from vast regions of space …

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  • 22fan-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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  • 23cube-shaped — cubical cubicaladj. Shaped like or approximately like a cube. Syn: cubelike, cubiform, cuboid, cuboidal. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 24Sword-shaped — a. (Bot.) Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 25bell-shaped — adjective having a convex shape that resembles a bell • Similar to: ↑convex, ↑bulging * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ adjective : relating to, being, or approximating a normal curve or a normal distribution * * * bellˈ shaped adjective • • • Ma …

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  • 26bas´ket|like´ — bas|ket «BAS kiht, BAHS », noun, verb. –noun. 1. a container made of twigs, grasses, fibers, strips of wood, or the like, woven together or made of plastic to imitate this: »Mother keeps the laundry in a clothes basket. 2. the amount that a… …

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  • 27cres´cent|like´ — cres|cent «KREHS uhnt», noun, adjective. –n. 1. the shape of the moon when it is small and thin. The moon is a crescent in its first and last quarter. 2. anything that curves in a similar way. A curved street or a curved row of houses is… …

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  • 28Strap-shaped — a. Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap shaped corolla. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 29Tongue-shaped — a. Shaped like a tongue; specifically (Bot.), linear or oblong, and fleshy, blunt at the end, and convex beneath; as, a tongue shaped leaf. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 30Wheel-shaped — a. [1913 Webster] 1. Shaped like a wheel. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Expanding into a flat, circular border at top, with scarcely any tube; as, a wheel shaped corolla. [1913 Webster] …

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