wedge-shaped
resembling a wedge, shaped as a triangle | ||||
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Wedge-shaped Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Wedge-shaped
(a.)
Having the shape of a wedge; cuneiform.
(a.)
Broad and truncate at the summit, and tapering down to the base; as, a wedge-shaped leaf.
(a.)
Having the shape of a wedge; cuneiform.
(a.)
Broad and truncate at the summit, and tapering down to the base; as, a wedge-shaped leaf.
| WordNet 2.0 |
wedge-shaped
Adjective
1. of a leaf shape; narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base
(synonym) cuneate
(similar) simple, unsubdivided
2. shaped like a wedge
(synonym) cuneal, cuneiform
(pertainym) wedge, wedge shape, cuneus
Adjective
1. of a leaf shape; narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base
(synonym) cuneate
(similar) simple, unsubdivided
2. shaped like a wedge
(synonym) cuneal, cuneiform
(pertainym) wedge, wedge shape, cuneus
| hEnglish - advanced version |
wedge-shaped
wedge-shaped
\wedge"-shaped`\ (?), a.
1. having the shape of a wedge; cuneiform.
2. (bot.) broad and truncate at the summit, and tapering down to the base; as, a wedge-shaped leaf.
wedge-shaped
adj : of a leaf shape; narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base [syn: cuneate]
wedge-shaped
\wedge"-shaped`\ (?), a.
1. having the shape of a wedge; cuneiform.
2. (bot.) broad and truncate at the summit, and tapering down to the base; as, a wedge-shaped leaf.
wedge-shaped
adj : of a leaf shape; narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base [syn: cuneate]