sloped
- adjective
- /sloʊpt/
- The roof of the house has a distinctively sloped design that allows rain to run off easily.
Instead, this car just has a normal trunk like every other sedan, but it has the sloped back like it's a hatchback.
- Instead, this car just has a normal trunk like every other sedan, but it has the sloped back like it's a hatchback.
- She claimed that it was unsafe for agents to be on the sloped roof, yet they were on similarly sloped roofs with the counter sniper teams.
- Well, and then at the far left field it went sloped that way is sloped out.
Examples
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The sloped and sheer sides, dark brown and lined with strata, slowly crumble.
Academic text (2010) -
Instead, this car just has a normal trunk like every other sedan, but it has the sloped back like it's a hatchback.
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The hiking trail was challenging because it followed a sloped path through the mountains.
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In the park, there is a sloped area perfect for kids to enjoy sledding in the winter.
Synonyms
At an angle so it runs from one side to the other
Sloping so one end is higher than the other
Slanting, not straight up or straight across
Not straight or level and often wrong because of a personal view
Leaning to one side and not level
Not straight or level and leaning to one side
Tilting at an angle, not straight up or flat
A surface that is not flat or level and leans to one side
Leaning to one side and not straight, like a picture on a wall
A thing that leans to one side and does not stand straight
Slanted so water runs off easily
Having one or more corners that are slanted and not 90 degrees
At an angle, not straight
At an angle so one side is higher than the other
Sloping so a surface leans at an angle
Antonyms
How Slanted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sloped comes from slope, an old word meaning 'to lean' or 'slant'. Think of a hill that leans to one side — like slide or slip, a sloped surface is not level and makes things move down, so 'sloped' means 'leaning' or 'tilted'.