lancelike
- adjective
- Specialized
- The tree's leaves are lancelike, tapering gradually to a fine point.
Examples
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The plant's lancelike foliage helps it blend into its grassland habitat.
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He admired the lancelike petals of the rare flower in the garden.
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Look at that lancelike shape!
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Wow, those leaves are lancelike!
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He admired the lancelike petals of the rare flower in the garden.
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The plant's lancelike foliage helps it blend into its grassland habitat.
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The tree's leaves are lancelike, tapering gradually to a fine point.
Synonyms
Having a long narrow shape that ends in a sharp point like a spear
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
Long and pointed like a thin sharp stick
Having a long narrow pointed shape like a sword
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
Shaped like a pointed tip that becomes narrow at one end
Long, very thin, and pointed like a needle
Antonyms
How Pointed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lancelike comes from the old word lance, which means 'spear', and the simple ending -like meaning 'like'. So a lancelike leaf is narrow and ends in a sharp point, like the head of a spear.