bottle-shaped
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2.9
- adjective
- During our hike, we encountered a bottle-shaped rock that was an unusual sight in the mountainous landscape.
Examples
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" Ripinsky," he said, "what the hell happened here?" Hy motioned us toward the neck of the bottle-shaped area, where the valley seemed to spill forth between the palis.
Fiction book (1999) -
The bottle-shaped area on top of the cliff lay flattened and foreshortened as Tanner guided the helicopter in on a shallow approach for a quick-stop landing.
Fiction book (1999) -
UNITED KINGDOM: Deep below the Nottingham Galleries of Justice, now a tourist attraction, workers uncovered what may be a medieval oubliette (French for "forgotten place"), a bottle-shaped dungeon where prisoners were left.
Academic text (2009) -
The scientist discovered several bottle-shaped formations in the cave that resembled ancient artifacts.
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The bottle-shaped vase stood elegantly on the shelf, drawing attention with its unique design.
Synonyms
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4.7
Shaped like a pitcher with a round body and a narrow neck
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4.0
Shaped like a vase with a narrow neck and a wider body
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Etymology
Bottle-shaped comes from the common word bottle, a container with a narrow neck, and the part -shaped, which means 'in the form of' or 'having the shape of'. So, bottle-shaped describes something that is 'in the shape of a bottle', like a vase or an animal body that is narrow at one end.