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accollé

accollé is the alternative form of accolé.

Meaning of accolé

Adjective

accolé (not comparable)

  1. Crescent-shaped.
    • Sometimes the trophozoites are seen as crescent-shaped masses at the periphery of the erythrocyte (accolé forms ).2005, Mary Louise Turgeon, Clinical Hematology: Theory and Procedures, →ISBN, page 106
  2. Joined or placed side by side (with); (of a pair of shields) displayed side by side and often leaning on or towards each other.
    • […] and those of his heiress-wife; under the mistaken impression that the shield so used, accolé to his own, is that of the lady, whereas in my view it is that to which he is himself entitled, and to which she is not.1896, John Woodward, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 146
    Synonyms:
    accolés

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Forms of accollé

pluralaccollés

Questions about accollé

What is accollé the alternative form of?
Accollé is the alternative form of accolé.

Words near accollé in the dictionary

  1. accolents
  2. accoll
  3. accolled
  4. accolling
  5. accolls
  6. accollé
  7. accollés
  8. accolé
  9. accolée
  10. accolés
  11. accom

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