Shape & features Flashcards
Jagged
A knife
Adjective
Having rough, sharp points protruding: Sharp, with jagged teeth
A mountain
Steep, with a pointed peak.
Undulating
Agricultural countryside
Adjective
Having a smoothly rising and falling form or outline:
Rolling, with undulating wheat fields
A banana
Curved, with a smooth surface.
An application form
Thin and flat, with words and dotted lines.
Spiky
Somebody’s hair
Adjective
Having many spikes or sharp projecting points: Wavy, with a few spiky bits sticking up.
Meandering
A slow-moving river
Adjective
Following a winding course: Meandering, with a calm surface.
A country road in very poor condition.
Winding and bumpy, with deep potholes.
Hollow
A very old tree
Adjective
Having a hole or empty space inside.
Hollow, with a rough surface.
A brick
Thick, solid and heavy, with straight edges.
A crescent
Noun
The curved sickle shape of the waxing or waning moon: The moon was a slender crescent.
A thing that has has the shape of a single curve, especially one that is broad in the center and tapers to a point at each end; A three-mile crescent of golden sand
A circle
Noun
A round plane figure whose boundary (the circumference) consists of points equidistant from a fixed point (the center).
A cone
Noun
A solid or hollow object which tapers from a circular or roughly circular base to a point.
A cube
Noun
A symmetrical three-dimensional shape, either solid or hollow, contained by six equal squares.
A cylinder
Noun
A solid geometric figure with straight parallel sides and a circular or oval cross section.
An oval
Noun
Having a rounded and slightly elongated outline or shape like that of an egg.
A pyramid
Noun
A monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt.
A rectangle
Noun
A plane figure with four straight sides and four right angles, especially one with unequal adjacent sides, in contrast to a square.
A sphere
Noun
a round solid figure, or its surface, with every point on its surface equidistant from its center.
A spiral
Noun
Winding in a continuous and gradually widening (or tightening) curve, either around a central point on a flat plane or about an axis so as to form a cone.
A square
Noun
A plane figure with four equal straight sides and four right angles.
A triangle
Noun
A plane figure with three straight sides and three angles. an equilateral triangle
