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Definition: CLUB-SHAPED

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Shaped in the form of the black trefoil or clover leaf on some playing cards.[Wordnet]
2. Shaped in the form of a club that is larger at one end.[Wordnet]
3. Enlarged gradually at the end, as the antennae of certain insects.[Websters]
4. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb club-shapedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(club-shapedly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective club-shaped.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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

Specialty Definition: CLUB-SHAPED

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Adjective] Shaped like a club; growing thicker towards the top; clavated. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

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

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Definition: CLUB-SHAPED

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Shaped in the form of the black trefoil or clover leaf on some playing cards.[Wordnet]
2. Shaped in the form of a club that is larger at one end.[Wordnet]
3. Enlarged gradually at the end, as the antennae of certain insects.[Websters]
4. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb club-shapedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(club-shapedly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective club-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 "CLUB-SHAPED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: CLUB-SHAPED

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Adjective] Shaped like a club; growing thicker towards the top; clavated. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

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

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