spindle-shaped
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6.3
- adjective
- /ˈspɪndəl-ʃeɪpt/
- 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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7.5
Shaped to be widest in the middle and narrower at both ends
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9.9
Shaped like a long egg, wide in the middle and narrow 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.