spindle-shaped
- adjective
- /ˈspɪndəl-ʃeɪpt/
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en forma de huso
- The artist created a spindle-shaped vase that was wider in the middle and tapered at both ends.
- spindle-shaped cells
Examples
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Histologically, schwannomas are composed of palisading spindle-shaped Schwann cells around an acellular central region, the whole of which is termed a Verocay body.
Academic text (1996) -
Fine-needle aspiration was performed, and cytologic evaluation identified epithelioid and spindle-shaped fibrohistiocytic cells as well as numerous multinucleated giant cells (Figure 3).
Academic text (2003) -
The nuclei are round or spindle-shaped and fairly uniform.
Academic text (2005) -
Marina had no idea, but she envisioned the women wrapping their spindle-shaped bodies with cloth.
Fiction book (2002) -
Within a minute, it was perceptible only as a looming, spindle-shaped blackness against the sky.
Fiction book (1998) -
Pathologic examination identified round and spindle-shaped fibro-histiocytic cells and numerous multinucleated giant cells.
Academic text (2003) -
The fast-swimming, spindle-shaped leviathan easily eluded sail-powered whaling ships for 300 years.
Academic text (1993) -
The spindle-shaped fish glided gracefully through the water, its form allowing for swift movements.
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They admired the spindle-shaped leaves that pointed delicately at both ends, adding elegance to the garden.
Synonyms
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4.4
Long and thin with both ends narrower, like a cigar
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9.9
Shaped like a long egg, wide in the middle and narrow at both ends
Shaped to be widest in the middle and narrower at both ends
How Tapered
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word spindle-shaped comes from the tool spindle, a long object used to spin thread that is 'thin at both ends and thicker in the middle'. So something described as spindle-shaped looks long and narrow, with each end getting thinner.