cylindrical
adjective
cy·lin·dri·cal
sə-ˈlin-dri-kəl 
variants
or less commonly cylindric
: relating to or having the form or properties of a cylinder
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One of the jacket-wearers, a man with a septum piercing named Benjamin, spends his free time 3-D-printing custom bagpipe drones—the cylindrical pipes that sound the instrument’s continuous, harmonically dense vibrations.
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Elena Saavedra Buckley, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2025
Many planetary nebulas appear cylindrical, bi-polar, or round, but NGC 6072 is different.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 30 July 2025
From a base of curvaceous grayish green foliage, thick cylindrical stems grow up to three feet tall, sporting reddish-purple flowers.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 26 July 2025
The team had planned to pull an Earth core sample, a long cylindrical piece of rock or sediment, and came across a partial fossil.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 17 July 2025
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Elena Saavedra Buckley, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2025
Many planetary nebulas appear cylindrical, bi-polar, or round, but NGC 6072 is different.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 30 July 2025
From a base of curvaceous grayish green foliage, thick cylindrical stems grow up to three feet tall, sporting reddish-purple flowers.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 26 July 2025
The team had planned to pull an Earth core sample, a long cylindrical piece of rock or sediment, and came across a partial fossil.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 17 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for cylindrical
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“Cylindrical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cylindrical. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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