CYLINDER Antonyms
cylindrical
Best Opposite Words For CYLINDER
| Expand? | Word | Save? | Synonyms.. | Usage | Type | |||
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| box | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid • private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance • the quantity contained in a box • a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible • a rectangular drawing • evergreen shrubs or small trees • any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned • the driver's seat on a coach • separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people • a blow with the hand (usually on the ear) verb • put into a box • hit with the fist • engage in a boxing match | ||||||||
| cone | nounn | |||||||
noun • any cone-shaped artifact • a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point • cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts • a visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color verb • make cone-shaped | ||||||||
| cuboid | nounn | |||||||
noun • a rectangular parallelepiped adjective satellite • shaped like a cube | ||||||||
| polygon | nounn | |||||||
noun • a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides | ||||||||
| prism | nounn | |||||||
noun • a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms • optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image | ||||||||
| pyramid | nounn | |||||||
noun • a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt • a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex • (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases verb • enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts • use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal • arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid • increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base | ||||||||
| sphere | nounn | |||||||
noun • a particular environment or walk of life • any spherically shaped artifact • the geographical area in which one nation is very influential • a particular aspect of life or activity • a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses) • a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center • the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected | ||||||||
