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WATERMELON-SHAPED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does watermelon-shaped mean?
• WATERMELON-SHAPED (adjective)
The adjective WATERMELON-SHAPED has 1 sense:
1. having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter
Familiarity information: WATERMELON-SHAPED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WATERMELON-SHAPED (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter
Synonyms:
prolate; watermelon-shaped
Context example:
a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis
Similar:
cucumber-shaped (shaped like a cucumber)
Also:
rounded (curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged)
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