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adjective satellite • becoming gradually narrower | ||||||||
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noun • a convex shape that narrows toward a point • the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone) • a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame • stick of wax with a wick in the middle verb • diminish gradually • give a point to | ||||||||
| 35% | 6 | Old English word for tall slender stems or blades of grass that came to mean long tapering objects, such as the tops of church steeples | ||||||
noun • a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top | ||||||||
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