bladelike
- adjective
- /ˈbleɪdˌlaɪk/
:
en forma de hoja
- The sword had a sharp, bladelike edge that glimmered in the sunlight.
- bladelike teeth
Examples
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The plants were in blossom, their tall stalks topped with bladelike flowers as blue as the sky.
Fiction book (1999) -
Unlike other species in the family, which have pointed upper and lower incisors, the upper incisors of D. mi-crops have a broad cutting edge, and the lower incisors have the bladelike profile of a wood chisel.
Academic text (2003) -
Like Smilodon, which lived in the Late Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, this member of a group known as borhyaenoids possessed incredibly long, bladelike canine teeth, with flattened sides and extremely sharp edges.
Academic text (2009) -
The artist painted a landscape featuring bladelike mountains that seemed to pierce the sky.
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The designer created a chair with bladelike armrests that added a modern touch to the room.
Synonyms
Shaped like a long narrow sword blade
Long, narrow and pointed like a sword blade
Having a long narrow pointed shape like a sword
A thing with a very thin, sharp edge or shape
Having a long narrow shape that ends in a sharp point like a spear
Narrow and tapering to a pointed tip like a lance
Shaped like a small, sharp knife with a pointed end
How Bladelike
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bladelike comes from blade, a word that once meant 'leaf' or the 'sharp part of a knife', and the ending -like ('similar to'), so it describes something thin, flat and pointed at the end, like a knife or a grass leaf.
