cylindrical

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The machines essentially grow silicon crystals into cylindrical ingots that weigh hundreds of pounds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

It’s kept in cylindrical canisters on the factory floor.

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025

Some decapods, like lobsters and shrimp, have a thick cylindrical abdomen with a muscular tail for snapping backwards at high speed and burrowing on the seabed.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025

From a helicopter, the idea is to drop a solid, cylindrical column of water on the flames.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025

In the medicine cabinet, I found a cylindrical bottle of something called Rewind.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green