lance-shaped
- adjective
- /læns ʃeɪpt/
- Specialized
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lanceolado
- The plant’s lance-shaped leaves help it shed water efficiently.
- lance-shaped leaves
- green, lance-shaped
- long and lance-shaped
Examples
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The surfaces of its long, pointed, lance-shaped leaves are rough and glisten in the sun.
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Its leaves are lance-shaped and attached to upright one- to two-foot stems.
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She admired the lance-shaped petals of the exotic flower.
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The fish has a long, lance-shaped body ideal for swift swimming.
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The leaves of the plant are lance-shaped.
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Can you identify lance-shaped leaves in this garden?
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Leaves are glossy green, lance-shaped, and long-pointed.
Synonyms
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A thing with a sharp tip
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Ending in a small sharp tip
A long narrow leaf that becomes a point at both ends, especially at the tip
Narrow and pointed at both ends, like a long thin leaf
Narrow and tapering to a pointed tip like a lance
Long, narrow and pointed like a sword blade
Narrow and flat, getting thinner at the end like a knife
Having the shape of an arrowhead, narrow and pointed
A shape that is pointed, gets narrow, and ends in a sharp tip
Long, thin, and pointed like a sewing pin
Long, very thin, and pointed like a needle
Antonyms
How Pointed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lance-shaped comes from the old word lance, which means 'spear'. Think of a leaf or petal that is long, thin and ends in a sharp point like the head of a spear, so 'lance-shaped' means 'narrow and pointed'.