cup-shaped
Example Sentences
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The oaks have waxy, cup-shaped leaves — not only do they rarely go up in flame, but they can catch embers out of the sky and extinguish them, Yelchin said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2024
The plant uses a musky odor to lure fungus gnats that usually feed and lay their eggs on mushrooms into their cup-shaped flowers.
From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2024
Her cup-shaped home is made of mud, covered in moss and cantilevered over a glass light fixture — an avian Fallingwater.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2023
If you don’t have room for small appliances, place a carafe with a cup-shaped lid on the nightstand so guests won’t have to walk to the kitchen for a middle-of-the-night drink of water.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2021
The beach, miraculously, was empty, a small, cup-shaped bay where no ship could have anchored—no docks, no port.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
