Definition of cylindrical
: relating to or having the form or properties of a cylinder
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To display faux branches, select a heavy cylindrical vase, urn or planter that is tall and narrow at the top, instead of wide.
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Towering above relatively placid waters along the San Joaquin River, casting a cylindrical shadow on pontoons, jet skis and speedboats stands a 55-step lighthouse.
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Dust bellowed from the cylindrical corral trap like smoke from stacks.
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To his cylindrical brown beauty, to his incapacity to fit the white male ideals of this culture.
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Fire Chief Mike Myers and Deputy Fire Chief Sara Boone described the breathing apparatus as vital for firefighters' respiratory protection, allowing them to inhale air from a cylindrical bottle worn on their back when fighting a blaze.
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The cylindrical form looks like bricks connected by ropes.
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The turnoff was still called Marine World Parkway for more than a decade, even after the shiny cylindrical Oracle office towers rose to the sky.
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Some 200 feet long and 20 feet wide, the half-cylindrical hideout was built in the 1940s and has remained largely untouched since it was renovated in the 1970s.
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First Known Use of cylindrical
1646
CYLINDRICAL Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of cylindrical for English Language Learners
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: shaped like a cylinder
CYLINDRICAL Defined for Kids
Definition of cylindrical for Students
: having a long round shape
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