blunt end

collocation in English

meaningsofbluntandend

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blunt
adjective
uk
/blʌnt/us
/blʌnt/
A blunt pencil, knife, etc. is not sharp and therefore not able to write, cut, ...
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end
noun
uk
/end/us
/end/
the part of a place or thing that is furthest away from ...
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(Definition ofbluntandendfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofblunt end

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This is not the thin end but thebluntendof the wedge.
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It might be said that that is thebluntendof the problem.
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It was a blunt answer from thebluntendof the educational system.
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Latent errors occur at thebluntend.
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The thick black bill has abluntend.
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They usually have a rounded orbluntend.
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Thebluntendis further away from the action itself.
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All this is going on and our people are the ones who are getting thebluntendof the stick.
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Electronic pulses come into the set, producing a picture at thebluntendof the tube where we see it.
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I speak as someone who operates very much at thebluntendof propagation and procreation after 40 years as a livestock farmer.
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It is related purely to the public expenditure cuts which have been made and are being made at thebluntendof defence expenditure.
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Thebluntendis the proximal surface; the sharp, the distal.
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The two eggs were white with cinnamon spots at thebluntend.
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Other specially designed needles have been found with a sharp end and abluntend.
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It is about 8 inches long and perforated near thebluntend.
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For lighter loads, thebluntendwas turned to face the lug.
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Thebluntendis the environment in which the seafarers work.
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The shape is determined partly by aerodynamics; a capsule is aerodynamically stable falling bluntendfirst, which allows only thebluntendto require a heat shield for atmospheric reentry.
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It functions by converting a force applied to itsbluntendinto forces perpendicular (normal) to its inclined surfaces.
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Read suffered a minor injury to his arm after being hit with thebluntendof the tomahawk.
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Sometimes thebluntendof the frame was stabilized by a third pole bound across the two poles.
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The canonical example of a streamlined shape is a chicken egg with thebluntendfacing forwards.
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The eggs are off-white and marked with larger puce and smaller maroon spots mainly on thebluntend.
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