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cuneal

cuneal adjective: shaped like a wedge; cuneiform.

Adjective

cuneal (comparative more cuneal, superlative most cuneal)

  1. shaped like a wedge; cuneiform
    • 2004, China Miéville, Iron Council, p. 468 (2005 Trade paperback edition, →ISBN) -- At their head a great earthmover, fronted by a cuneal plough that would push the matter of the barricade apart.
  2. Relating to the cuneus.

Forms of cuneal

comparativemore cuneal
superlativemost cuneal

Questions about cuneal

What does cuneal mean?
Cuneal means shaped like a wedge; cuneiform.
What part of speech is cuneal?
Cuneal is an adjective.

Words near cuneal in the dictionary

  1. Cundumbul
  2. cundums
  3. cundurango
  4. Cundy
  5. Cundys
  6. cuneal
  7. cuneate
  8. cuneated
  9. cuneately
  10. cuneatic
  11. cuneator

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