pointed tip

collocation in English

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pointed
adjective
uk
/ˈpɔɪn.tɪd/us
/ˈpɔɪn.t̬ɪd/
A pointed object has a thin, sharp end or becomes much narrower at ...
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tip
noun[C]
uk
/tɪp/us
/tɪp/
a useful piece of information, especially about how to do something or about the likely winner of a race ...
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(Definition ofpointedandtipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Spicules unequal, dissimilar, right 0.335 - 0.390 mm with bluntlypointedtip, left 1.27 - 1.47 mm with sharplypointedtip.
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Apointedtipwill produce a brighter, more focused sound, while a rounded tip will produce a rounder, less defined sound.
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It has apointedtip, lowered or cranked like a trowel, suited for painting on canvas.
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Its tongue is long and narrow, with apointedtipcovered with fine papillae that help to draw up nectar when it feeds.
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Leaves have an obovate shape with apointedtip, a smooth, or glabrous, leaf underside, and smooth, even edges.
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The fruit is a tiny capsule with a rounded end and apointedtip.
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Leaves alternate, toothed, ovate to lanceolate with apointedtip; 8 to 20 cm long.
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The leaves are dark green, shiny, long and narrow with apointedtipand upturned edges.
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The leaves are rounded or slightly notched at the base, they narrow gradually to thepointedtipand are not strongly toothed, but have edges.
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It's a black drupe with apointedtip, around 1 cm in diameter.
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A small,pointedtipis the most common, but hook tips that hold onto the test point are also very commonly used.
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Leaves are up to 20 cm long, 2 to 7 cm wide, thicker at the far end, with apointedtip.
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The aedagus has apointedtipin almost all members of this tribe, displaying little of the variation found in related geometer moths.
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The body is slender with a rounded head at one end and apointedtipto the foot at the other.
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Leaflets are oblong to lanceolate narrow at the base with apointedtip.
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The choir section is polygonal; at the north and south end is one small fiale with apointedtip.
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They have a highly domed head, a short snout, rounded ears with a thick tragus, and a broad, flaring, spear-shaped nose-leaf with apointedtip.
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Leaves are linear, 20 to 26 centimetres long and 10 to 20 millimetres long, with apointedtipand serrated margins.
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They are rigid and cylindrical in varying length from 8-35mm long and approximately 1.5mm wide with a sharppointedtip.
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A javelin is almost always a straight shaft with either apointedtipor a spearhead attached to the front end.
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