cylindrical
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cylinder /ˈsɪlɪndə/
▶noun
- 1 a three-dimensional shape with straight parallel sides and a circular or oval cross section.
- 2 a piston chamber in a steam or internal-combustion engine.
- 3 a cylindrical container for liquefied gas under pressure.
- 4 a rotating metal drum in a printing press.
– derivatives
cylindric /səˈlɪndrɪk/ adjective,
cylindrical /səˈlɪndrɪk(ə)l/ adjective,
cylindrically adverb.
cylindric /səˈlɪndrɪk/ adjective,
cylindrical /səˈlɪndrɪk(ə)l/ adjective,
cylindrically adverb.
– origin C16: from L. cylindrus, from Gk kulindros ‘roller’.
'cylindrical' also found in these Oxford entries:
barrel
- beaker
- billet
- bong
- bottlebrush
- box spanner
- bucket
- buckytubes
- bullet
- can
- canister
- cannelure
- capsule
- centriole
- cholla
- clarinet
- cooling tower
- core
- corncob
- cupola
- Cyclops
- cyclorama
- cylinder
- dowelling
- drum
- duffel bag
- gabion
- hatbox
- jar
- jonquil
- jug
- kitbag
- lantern wheel
- leek
- lobster
- mandrel
- mug
- nanotube
- nematode
- olive
- pearl millet
- pencil
- phial
- phono
- pillar box
- pillbox
- pipe
- platen
- pot
- punchbag
