urn-shaped

Speech parts

1. urn-shaped - Adjective

2. urn-shaped - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Having the shape of an urn; as, the urn-shaped capsules of some mosses.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

conical cylindrical tubular concave tapered pyramidal bell-shaped spindle-shaped flared trumpet-shaped vase-shaped cone-shaped funnel-shaped hourglass-shaped bowl-shaped

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Antonyms

convex

Examples

According to the Book of Later Han (compiled by Fan Ye in the 5th century), his bronze urn-shaped device, with a swinging pendulum inside, was able to detect the direction of an earthquake hundreds of miles/kilometers away. Source: Internet

Needham, Volume 3, 627-629 Released by a lever, a small ball would fall out of the urn-shaped device into one of eight metal toad's mouths below, at the eight points of the compass, signifying the direction the earthquake was located. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

urn moss Urn of Fate urn tree urna urnal urnaloricid