Shapes

Synonyms for cylindrical

The synonym for cylindrical recorded in this bank is tubular, in the sense "shaped like a tube, with a circular cross-section". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line

The synonym for cylindrical

tubularadjective, in the sense "shaped like a tube, with a circular cross-section"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for cylindrical.

The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelineShapes

shaped like a tube, with a circular cross-section

The water tower was cylindrical, a tall tube standing on stilts.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

tubular

Same sentence, swapped: The water tower was tubular, a tall tube standing on stilts.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for cylindrical in the sentence quoted.

rusted
elevated
corrugated

Where cylindrical turns up in the game

cylindrical is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play cylindrical

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so cylindrical reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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deformverbwarpto change the natural shape of something, usually by force or heatTreelineHas a reason line ellipticaladjectiveovalshaped like an oval, especially an elongated curved pathTreelineHas a reason line fissurenounrifta narrow crack or split, especially in rockTreelineHas a reason line contournounoutlinethe outline or shape of something, especially a curved edge or surfaceFoothillsHas a reason line convexadjectivebulgingcurving outward, like the exterior of a circle or sphereTreelineHas a reason line crescentnounsicklea curved shape that tapers to a point at each end, like the moon in its early phaseTreelineHas a reason line stiffnoun, adjectiveremainsthe dead body of a human beingTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line stipendnounallowancea fixed regular sum paid as an allowanceTreelineHas a reason line

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