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Cylinder

A solid body which may be generated by the rotation of a parallelogram round one its sides; or a body of rollerlike form, of which the longitudinal section is oblong, and the cross section is circular.

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Barrel 76% connected

A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads.

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Drum 76% connected

An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with…

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Pipe 76% connected

A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pi…

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Roll 76% connected

To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…

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Roller 76% connected

One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts.

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Shank 76% connected

See Chank.

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Stalactite 76% connected

A pendent cone or cylinder of calcium carbonate resembling an icicle in form and mode of attachment. Stalactites are found depending from the roof or…

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Stalagmite 76% connected

A deposit more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed by calcareous water dropping on the floors of caverns; hence, a similar deposit of o…

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Stem 76% connected

Alt. of Steem

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Tube 76% connected

A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.

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Chamber 76% connected

A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers.

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Container 76% connected

One who, or that which, contains.

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Solid 76% connected

Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies; having a fixed form; hard…

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Cylindrical 74% connected

Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder.

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Cylindrical 74% connected

Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder.

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Containing whole 3

Block 70% connected

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

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Compressor 70% connected

Anything which serves to compress

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Pump 70% connected

A low shoe with a thin sole.

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