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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arched, rounded line or object |
| Synonyms: | ambit, arc, arch, bend, bight, bow, camber, catenary, chord, circle, circuit, circumference, compass, concavity, contour, crook, curlicue, curvation, curvature, ellipse, festoon, flexure, hairpin, half-moon, helix, horseshoe, hyperbola, incurvation, incurvature, loop, meniscus, ogee, parabola, quirk, rondure, round, sinuosity, sweep, swerve, trajectory, turn, vault, whorl |
| Antonyms: | line |
| Main Entry: | orb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | globe |
| Synonyms: | ball, circle, eye*, lamp, ring, rondure, round, sphere |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sphere |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | globular object |
| Synonyms: | Earth, apple, ball, big blue marble, circle, globe, globule, orb, pellet, pill, planet, rondure, round |
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| Main Entry: | curve |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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aquiline, barrel, bombé, bow, bowed, circular, concamerated, concavo, convexo, cordiform, crescentic, crump, curvate, curved, curviform, curvilineal, curvulate, cusped, devex, devious, downcurved, excurved, falcate, ficiform, fig, hooked, incurved, involute, lenticular, lentiform, looped, lunette, luniform, lunular, meniscal, meniscoid, oblique, obpyriform, pear, recurved, recurvous, reniform, retroflex, saber, semilunar, sigmoidal, sweeping, upcurved, vaulted
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