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cyl·in·der

cylinder

 
 
pronunciation:
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part of speech: noun
definition: A cylinder is a kind of shape. A can, such as a can of soup, has this shape. A can of soup has a flat, round top and bottom, and the sides of the can are round. When something has this kind of shape, we call it a cylinder.
Some of the baby's blocks have the shape of bricks, but some shapes are cylinders.
 
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