adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a pointed chin
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She had a narrow face and a pointed chin.
pointy/pointed
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The dog has short pointy ears.
rightly pointed out
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As you so rightly pointed out , things are getting worse.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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Short wings, more pointed than other owls, combine with long tail to give hawk-like silhouette.
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The farmers of Odiham in Hampshire got an even more pointed warning.
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The male's is slightly more pointed than the female's.
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The male is larger and has a more pointed dorsal fin.
■ NOUN
arch
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To their right was an old portico, its row of pointed arches almost like a church.
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The simple nave arcade is of moulded brick in wide pointed arches .
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Both of these stem from the original adoption of the pointed arch .
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It has an exceptionally lofty nave arcade whose pointed arches reach almost into the vault.
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The pointed arch was not new.
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Here, the round arches are predominant on the lower storey of both nave and tower and pointed arches above.
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The Romanesque is of Transitional type, with wide pointed arches and barrel vault, a clerestory but no triforium.
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The wide pointed arches have no mouldings.
end
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Take turns in hitting each other's rounded end with the pointed end of your own egg.
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Position the template as you wish, with the thin, pointed end next to the model.
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Also used were pin beaters, long pieces of bone with a central swelling and pointed ends for beating down individual threads.
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The pointed ends also have a gardening use, as if you hadn't guessed.
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With corns, the build-up is cone-shaped, with the pointed end - the nucleus - facing downwards.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a plant with long pointed leaves
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He picked up a pointed stick and began drawing in the sand.
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the dog's pointed brown ears
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He went after Isaac just as the crouching figure opened its enormous mouth, baring pointed brownish teeth.
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Their faces were like monkey faces, with thick lips and pointed teeth and ugly flat noses.
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There are 3 slightly flattened pointed conical arm spines, of which the middle one is the largest.
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There are three equally spaced pointed arm spines on the proximal segments, but they are lacking on the distalmost segments.
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There are three or four conical pointed arm spines.
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To their right was an old portico, its row of pointed arches almost like a church.
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Use a sharp pointed instrument, such as a pen or pencil.