Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Shaped like a needle; long and very slender, with one or both ends sharp; acicular: applied in botany to the leaves of the pine, fir, yew, and other coniferous trees.
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- adjective narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves
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Examples
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The machine's elegant, needle-shaped silhouette – 32 feet long, 42 inches high and 48 inches wide – somehow managed to contain four Chrysler V8s, each almost as powerful as a contemporary Formula One engine, and it was Bob who drove the car across the Bonneville salt flats to a record that stood for 26 years.
A walk down memory lane reminds us of Ferrari's snub to Stirling Moss | Richard Williams 2011
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Like a Las Vegas needle-shaped fountain, every bit that goes up comes down.
Capricorn Solar Eclipse, January 14-15, 2010: Planting the Vision of a People's New World Order 2010
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Soaring above the city like a giant needle-shaped spacecraft, it really is a wonder of modern technology and design.
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Like a Las Vegas needle-shaped fountain, every bit that goes up comes down.
Capricorn Solar Eclipse, January 14-15, 2010: Planting the Vision of a People's New World Order 2010
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Short, needle-shaped seeds, these were toasted up in a heavy-bottomed skillet before getting crushed in a spice grinder aka small coffee grinder to a powder.
Savory Chickpea Flour Pancakes (at the Indian Culinary Institute) 2009
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Without it, the defective hemoglobin collapses into needle-shaped clumps, which then turn the cell itself into a sickle shape.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Without it, the defective hemoglobin collapses into needle-shaped clumps, which then turn the cell itself into a sickle shape.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Without it, the defective hemoglobin collapses into needle-shaped clumps, which then turn the cell itself into a sickle shape.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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The needle-shaped test sample — rubber, say, or perhaps steel -- is placed in a mount which is held in place by deflection arms.
Curling: inspirational to scientists Edward Willett 2006
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The needle-shaped sample is brought into contact with the ice, the motor is turned on, and the sample rubs against the ice.
Curling: inspirational to scientists Edward Willett 2006
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