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turbinately

turbinately adverb: shaped or spinning like a top (spinning top).

Adverb

turbinately (comparative more turbinately, superlative most turbinately)

  1. Shaped or spinning like a top (spinning top).
  2. In the shape of a coil.
  3. Spiral and decreasing sharply in diameter from base to apex.
  4. Of, or relating to, the turbinate bone.

Forms of turbinately

comparativemore turbinately
superlativemost turbinately

Questions about turbinately

What does turbinately mean?
Turbinately means shaped or spinning like a top (spinning top).
What part of speech is turbinately?
Turbinately is an adverb.

Words near turbinately in the dictionary

  1. turbinals
  2. turbinate
  3. turbinate bone
  4. turbinate bones
  5. turbinated
  6. turbinately
  7. turbinates
  8. turbinating
  9. turbination
  10. turbinations
  11. turbine

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