spindle-shaped

adjective

Tapering at each end.

“a spindle-shaped fibroblast”

Meanings

adjectivespindle-shaped (not generally comparable, comparative more spindle-shaped, superlative most spindle-shaped)

comparative more spindle-shaped · superlative most spindle-shaped

  1. not comparableusuallyTapering at each end.

    a spindle-shaped fibroblast

    Synonyms: fusiform

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveTapering at each end.

Similar

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivetapering at each end

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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