needlelike

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • needle-like

Etymology[edit]

needle +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

needlelike (comparative more needlelike, superlative most needlelike)

  1. Resembling a needle in shape
    • 2007 March 18, Josh Barbanel, “Tall and Thin, Back in Fashion”, in New York Times[1]:
      It has a needlelike tower rising above a 23-foot-8-inch-wide street front.