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bell-shaped

bell-shaped

2 3.0
A shape with a round top and sides that curve out like a bell
  • adjective
  • /bɛl-ʃeɪpt/
translation icon : en forma de campana
  • The silverbell's bell-shaped flowers are much larger than those of other silverbell trees in the southern United States.
  • bell-shaped flowers
  • bell-shaped curve

What that means is that there is still a large proportion of that bell shaped distribution of people getting even less than that amount.

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Examples

  • At last, they halted at a circle of bell-shaped tents of horsehide, lashed with leather thongs.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • The revelation has implications for better understanding the sculpting of Fantastic Pit's smooth, bell-shaped walls; see photograph on previous page.

    Academic text (2009)
  • After that, the tree would bear bright red bell-shaped fruit on the otherwise empty branches.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • In May, it flowers on 2- to 3-foot flower stems with blue, bell-shaped flowers.

    Blog text (6)
  • They get kind of tall with those beautiful white bell shaped blooms.

  • Eustoma, lisianthus, is a dwarf with purplish-blue, bell-shaped flowers that last up to 14 days.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The bell-shaped flowers of the plant attract many bees in the garden.

  • In spring, the garden is filled with bell-shaped blooms that sway gently in the breeze.

  • She wore a beautiful dress with a bell-shaped skirt that flowed gracefully as she walked.

Synonyms

campanular
vsbell-shaped
9.9

Having the shape of a bell, as in many flowers

is broader naming that rounded outward form in any object
campanulate
vsbell-shaped
  • Specialized
9.9

A shape like a bell often seen in flowers

is more general applying to the same rounded form beyond flowers
campanulated
vsbell-shaped
  • Specialized
9.9

Shaped like a bell, often seen in flowers

is the general term not limited to floral examples

How Bell-Shaped

bell-shaped
2 3.0
flaring
5.1
rounded
1 2.4
curved
6 1.0
straight
1.0

Surface Forms

bell-shaped positive

Morphology

bell-shaped = bell + shaped (transparent) = bell + shape + ed

The word is a clear compound describing something that has the shape of a bell.

Etymology

Bell-shaped comes from the everyday word bell and the ending -shaped, which means 'having the form of'. Picture a flower or cloud with a rounded top and a wider, open bottom. We call that bell-shaped because it looks 'like a bell'.