needlelike

English

Alternative forms

• needle-like

Etymology

From needle +‎ -like.

Adjective

needlelike (comparative more needlelike, superlative most needlelike)

1. Resembling a needle in shape.

   Coordinate terms: pinlike, dartlike, spindlelike, fusiform, wirelike

   • 2007 March 18, Josh Barbanel, “Tall and Thin, Back in Fashion”, in New York Times‎:

     It has a needlelike tower rising above a 23-foot-8-inch-wide street front.