needle-shaped

1. 1.

   narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves

   Synonymsacerateaceroseacicular

   Similarsimple

Questions about needle-shaped

What does needle-shaped mean?

needle-shaped means "narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves".

How many syllables are in needle-shaped?

needle-shaped has 3 syllables: need-le--shaped. The stress falls on "need".

What is another word for needle-shaped?

Close synonyms include acerate, acerose, acicular. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is needle-shaped a common word?

needle-shaped is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.