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cylindrical

cy·lin·dri·cal

cylindrical

 
pronunciation:
s lIn drih kl
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Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
part of speech: adjective
definition: of, concerning, or in the shape of a cylinder.
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (adj.)cylindrical basically, inside, roughly
(adj.)cylindrical + noun aluminum, base, block, body, bottle, bottom, box, building, can, cap, carbon, cell, chamber, column, configuration, container, coordinate, crystal, cuff, device, drum, element, enclosure, foam, foot, form, geometry, glass, hat, helmet, hole, housing, jar, leaf, lens, limb, machine, mass, metal, meter, mirror, module, mold, neck, object, package, pipe, plastic, pot, ring, roast, rock, rod, root, section, shape, shell, steel, stem, stone, structure, surface, tank, telescope, tool, torso, tower, trap, tube, vase, vessel, wave, weight [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivations: cylindric (adj.), cylindrically (adv.)
Word Parts  About this feature
The word cylindrical contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual Latin adjective-forming suffix that means pertaining to
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The suffix -al2, -ial attaches primarily to nouns (national , environmental ) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots (final , capital , comical ) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.