pencil-thin
Syllables: pen·cil-thin/ˌpɛns(ə)l ˈθɪn/
pencil-thin adjective: somewhat cylindrical and slender like a pencil; also, tall and thin.
Adjective
pencil-thin (not comparable)
- Somewhat cylindrical and slender like a pencil; also, tall and thin.
- Pencil-Thin Treillage must be made of a metal that flows evenly and fully into every part of intricate molds.1962 November 15, “Which would You Design as Malleable Castings? [advertisement]”, in Mervin Roberts, editor, The Michigan Technic, volume LXXXI, number 2, Ann Arbor, Mich.: College of Engineering...
- She would melt the bits of paraffin and make pencil-thin candles so that she, her daughters, and daughters-in-law could kindle the Sabbath candles and welcome the Sabbath with the number of candles they were accustomed to light in the pre-Hitler days.1982, Yaffa Eliach, “A Holy Book”, in Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust, New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, published October 1988, →ISBN, part 1 (Ancestors and Faith), pages 92–92
- Synonyms:
- stick-thin
Examples of pencil-thin in a sentence
- Pencil-thin, cigarette-wielding women swayed to the rhythm of jazz bands, and unprecedented quantities of wine were consumed.1994, Mary Louise Roberts, “Introduction: ‘This Civilization No Longer has Sexes’”, in Civilization without Sexes: Reconstructing Gender in...
- It resembles a snap bean except for one singular fact: it is pencil-thin and as much as a meter long.2006, National Research Council, “Long Bean (Vigna unguiculata)”, in Lost Crops of Africa, volume II (Vegetables), Washington, D.C....
- He climbed past eroding, sandy cement and pencil-thin rusted rebar that spoke of Soviet-era cost cutting.2009 November, Don Pendleton, chapter 15, in Lethal Compound (Don Pendleton’s The Executioner; #372), Don Mills, Ont.: Worldwide Library...
- Any visitor to New York over the past few years will have witnessed this curious new breed of pencil-thin tower.2019 June 1, Oliver Wainwright, “Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: the ‘pencil towers’ of New York’s super-rich”, in Katharine...
Synonyms of pencil-thin
Words that rhyme with pencil-thin
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- chin
- Flynn
- bin
- Quinn
- sin
- tin
- Bryn
- corinne
- inn
- din
- Finn
- grin
- kin
- lin
- linn
- unpin
- Benin
- min
- shin
- violin
- wherein
- within
- akin
- been
- begin
- brin
- chin-chin
- hin
- lyn
- mandolin
- whin
- zoom in
- agin
- agrin
- Arabian jasmine
- blin
- djinn
- Douyin
- edge in
- gimme some skin
- glyn
- herein
- jinn
- Karin
- kissing kin
- lecithin
- Nguyen
Questions about pencil-thin
- What does pencil-thin mean?
- Pencil-thin means somewhat cylindrical and slender like a pencil; also, tall and thin.
- How do you use pencil-thin in a sentence?
- Pencil-thin, cigarette-wielding women swayed to the rhythm of jazz bands, and unprecedented quantities of wine were consumed.
- What part of speech is pencil-thin?
- Pencil-thin is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce pencil-thin?
- Pencil-thin is pronounced /ˌpɛns(ə)l ˈθɪn/ (UK).
Words near pencil-thin in the dictionary
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