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cuneate

cuneate adjective: wedge-shaped.

Adjective

cuneate (comparative more cuneate, superlative most cuneate)

  1. wedge-shaped.
  2. wedge-shaped, with the narrow part at the base.
  3. having straight, or almost straight sides meeting at the apex or base.

cuneate meaning in Tamil

cuneate in Tamil

ஆப்புருவான, ஆப்பு வடிவ

Forms of cuneate

comparativemore cuneate
superlativemost cuneate

Origin of cuneate

Borrowed from Latin cuneātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Words formed from cuneate

Questions about cuneate

What does cuneate mean?
Cuneate means wedge-shaped.
What is cuneate in Tamil?
Cuneate in Tamil is ஆப்புருவான, ஆப்பு வடிவ. See Cuneate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cuneate?
Cuneate is an adjective.

Words near cuneate in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cuneate (page history and authors); cuneate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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