Definitions for awl-shaped

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Spelling: [awl-sheypt]
IPA: /ˈɔlˌʃeɪpt/

Awl-Shaped is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 388 anagrams from letters in awl-shaped (-aadehlpsw).

Definitions for awl-shaped

adjective

  1. having the shape of an awl.
  2. subulate.

Origin of awl-shaped

First recorded in 1755-65

Examples for awl-shaped

Styles 3, awl-shaped, diverging, tipped with simple stigmas.

The umbellets are alternate, awl-shaped, with distinct flowers.

The ovary, with its two awl-shaped styles, is surrounded by four or five stamens with purple anthers.

The genus is characterized by awl-shaped spines which are distant at the base.

Style awl-shaped, 3-cleft at the apex; stigmas minutely 2-lobed.

It produces millions of leaves, but every one is awl-shaped--subulate.

Branch of Arbor-Vit, with awl-shaped and scale-shaped leaves.

The branches are numerous and slender, furnished with sharp, awl-shaped spines.

Receptacle narrow, with an awl-shaped prolongation in centre.

Subulate, awl-shaped; tapering from a broadish or thickish base to a sharp point.

Word Value for awl-shaped
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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