ring-shaped
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- adjective
- /rɪŋ-ʃeɪpt/
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en forma de anillo
- But prokaryotic cells were ring-shaped as well.
- ring-shaped molecule
- ring-shaped cells
Examples
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Gradually, the colors changed; some greener, others bluer, until at last all the ring-shaped cells were turquoise.
Fiction book (1998) -
The tabletop holostage showed the microzooids magnified, ring-shaped cells with occasional buds on one side.
Fiction book (1998) -
The ring-shaped cell was filled with twisted fibers.
Fiction book (1998) -
36 A gimblette was an eighteenth-century dog treat made of dry, ring-shaped pastry.
Academic text (2015) -
The usual column of light obligingly appeared, displaying several ring-shaped objects brightly colored.
Fiction book (1998) -
On Sunday, weather permitting, visitors to select parks from Northern California to central New Mexico will be able to see the moon pass in front of the sun in such a way that it creates an annular, or ring-shaped, eclipse.
Blog text (1) -
The basic form is a ring-shaped cushion of vegetable materials, a little gourd, an Achatina shell, or a wooden figurine.
Academic text (2004) -
But Prokaryon, with its unending rows of ring-shaped trees and its leathery rolling inhabitants, was a mystery beyond imagining.
Fiction book (1998) -
Computer models by John E. Chambers, now at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, suggest that the Earth formed from smaller objects in a relatively narrow, ring-shaped zone centered at the present Earth-Sun distance.
Academic text (2003) -
The ring-shaped lake was a beautiful sight, reflecting the surrounding mountains.
Synonyms
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Shaped like a ring with a hole in the middle
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Shaped like a ring
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Having a doughnut shape like a ring
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Shaped like a ring with a hole in the middle
Having rings or bands around it
Shaped like a circle with a hole in the middle
Round with a hole in the middle
Something that has ring-shaped parts along its length
Curled into a spiral, like young fern leaves that unroll
How Circular
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ring-shaped is made of two easy parts: ring, meaning a circle or a jewelry ring, and -shaped, meaning 'in the form of'. So ring-shaped simply means 'in the form of a ring' or 'like a circle', which is why we use it for things that look like a loop or circle.