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cylindrical

adjective

variants: also cylindric

Synonyms and Antonyms of cylindrical

shaped like a cylinder

a cylindrical oil tank

a cylindrical tower

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of cylindrical

elliptical (or elliptic), oblong, oval, ovate, ovoid (also ovoidal)

global, globular, round, spherical

annular, circular, disciform, discoid, discoidal, disklike, hooplike, ringlike

curved, looped, spiral

balled, bulbous, rotund, rounded, roundish

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of cylindrical

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