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Meanings of shaped objects in English

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Usage of shaped objects in English
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From these ten ends hung ten little thimble- shaped objects, made of brass.
Jezebel's Daughter
2
The men had little wedge- shaped objects of a gray material.
The White Invaders
3
Virgin females are already interested in smooth egg- shaped objects.
Futures 1
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Not everything is stored in boxes, though: some odd- shaped objects, or oversize items, stand on their own.
Agent 6
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But the axes, or wedge- shaped objects that have been found in trees, are more difficult for orthodoxy.
The Book of the Damned
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All were intently watching two disk- shaped objects.
The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects
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He looked up and saw five large disk- shaped objects, two going south and three going east.
The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects
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He noticed that two more of the red-and-white, brassiere- shaped objects were now lying against the cave wall.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
9
One of the doughnut- shaped objects seemed to be in trouble as the other five were hovering around it.
The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects
10
A number of bone implements, including needles, perforators, and paddle- shaped objects, found with the skeletons in the mound.
Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made Durin...
11
He became aware of a vast number of ball- shaped objects drifting as thistledown drifts over the high ground.
The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
12
I observed that the spots were sometimes bridged over by a streak of light, formed of willow-leaf- shaped objects.
James Nasmyth, Engineer: An Autobiography
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Odd- shaped objects are often difficult to push through the air, because the airflow around them gets so disjointed.
Wired
14
From a pouch she extracted several small egg- shaped objects and dumped them into the underslung barrel of the M-41A.
The Complete Alien Omnibus
15
And in the end it was two fat, lead-sheathed, watermelon- shaped objects lying harmlessly in the cockpit of a boat.
Go home, stranger
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Ned noticed in the branches many irregularly shaped objects, and it appeared to be these that were on fire, blazing fiercely.
Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters; Or, Battling with Flames from...
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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