CONICAL


Meaning of CONICAL in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

roof

Cast-iron columns and a curved rib framework support the conical roof which has a diameter of 180 feet.

The tall conical roof is open at the top, so that a circle of sunlight shines down into the pool.

The campanile finishes with a galleried loggia, its conical roof topped with a gilded statue of the Archangel Michael.

Roundels with tiled conical roofs require special tiles.

They have single, central piers supporting conical roofs .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a conical roof

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A conical party hat was now perched on top of the grey stubble, with the elastic stretched under my chin.

Black pajamas and conical hats piled out of the trucks and hurried purposefully off in all directions while the boss yelled orders.

Her head was conical , an extremity too, and so thick with black hair that she almost needed a haircut.

I really expected to see the black pajamas, conical hats, and the small children scatter and expose the gunner.

Such tips were conical in shape, their height determined by the ease with which material could be moved to the top.

The tall conical roof is open at the top, so that a circle of sunlight shines down into the pool.

There are 3 slightly flattened pointed conical arm spines, of which the middle one is the largest.

They come in various shapes: erect, for instance, or conical , or rounded or with horizontal, spreading branches.

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