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Definition: BOAT-SHAPED

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Having a concave shape like a boat.[Wordnet]
2. See Cymbiform.[Websters]
3. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb boat-shapedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(boat-shapedly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective boat-shaped.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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Date "Boat-shaped" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: BOAT-SHAPED

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Adjective] Having the shape of a boat; navicular; cymbiform; hollow like a boat; as the valve of some pericarps. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

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Definition: BOAT-SHAPED

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Having a concave shape like a boat.[Wordnet]
2. See Cymbiform.[Websters]
3. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb boat-shapedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(boat-shapedly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective boat-shaped.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Date "BOAT-SHAPED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: BOAT-SHAPED

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Adjective] Having the shape of a boat; navicular; cymbiform; hollow like a boat; as the valve of some pericarps. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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