conchoidal

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments  · 
Above you and around you are beams and joists, on some of which you may see, when the light is let in, the marks of the conchoidal clippings of the broadaxe, showing the rude way in which the timber was shaped as it came, full of sap, from the neighboring forest.

View all »
Definitions (4)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. adjective Of, relating to, or being a surface characterized by smooth, shell-like convexities and concavities, as on fractured obsidian.

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (2)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (1)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (33)

 

Tags

conchoidal hasn't been tagged yet.

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 61 times.

On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Etymologies (2)

Toggle American Heritage etymologies American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. From Greek konkhoeidēs, mussellike : konkho-, concho- + -oeidēs, -oid.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. from conchoid + -al; = French conchoidal, etc.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »

/kɑŋˈkɔɪdəl/
by American Heritage

Charts

frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

We are still working on calculating this word's frequency.

Recently looked up

satisfaction · baldacchino · known · frontmost · vehement

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

autotruncate · rimshot · qualms · poofter · oh for heaven's sake