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Grammar : Adj
Spell : pi-ram-i-dl
Phonetic Transcription : pɪˈræm ɪ dl



Definition of pyramidal

  • As in conical : adj cylindrical
  • As in tapering : adj conical
  • As in tapering : adj narrowing
  • As in three : adj having three of something
  • As in triangular : adj having three angles
  • As in conical/conic : adj shaped cylindrically and with a point
Example sentences :
  • For data of other pyramidal stones said to have fallen from the sky, see Rept.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
  • Some wanted the whole to be surmounted by a pyramidal capping.
  • Extract from : « Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely » by W. D. Sweeting
  • Sometimes each arm produces several smaller arms, and on the head stands a pyramidal groupe of smaller heads.
  • Extract from : « Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton » by John Barrow
  • The other three sides consist of ranges of steps and pyramidal structures.
  • Extract from : « The Prehistoric World » by E. A. Allen
  • Many, perhaps most, of the houses had a terraced, pyramidal foundation.
  • Extract from : « The Prehistoric World » by E. A. Allen
  • Most of the stones are pyramidal or V-shaped, as Mr. Mercer calls them.
  • Extract from : « The American Egypt » by Channing Arnold
  • The mountain is pyramidal in form, and is distinctive from all other peaks of that region.
  • Extract from : « The Mystic Mid-Region » by Arthur J. Burdick
  • Of the pyramidal termination of its neighbor, only traces remain.
  • Extract from : « History of Ancient Art » by Franz von Reber
  • When grown in the open, the crown is pyramidal, like that of balsam fir.
  • Extract from : « American Forest Trees » by Henry H. Gibson
  • The tail is short and pyramidal resembling that of a female.
  • Extract from : « North American Recent Soft-shelled Turtles (Family Trionychidae) » by Robert G. Webb

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