needlelike

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From needle +‎ -like.

Adjective

needlelike (comparative more needlelike, superlative most needlelike)

  1. Resembling a needle in shape.
    Coordinate terms: pinlike, dartlike, spindlelike, fusiform, wirelike
    • 2007 March 18, Josh Barbanel, “Tall and Thin, Back in Fashion”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      It has a needlelike tower rising above a 23-foot-8-inch-wide street front.
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