DISTORTED SHAPE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A shape resulting from distortion

Synonyms:

distorted shape; distortion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("distorted shape" is a kind of...):

form; shape (the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "distorted shape"):

contortion; crookedness; torsion; tortuosity; tortuousness (a tortuous and twisted shape or position)

buckle; warp (a shape distorted by twisting or folding)

gnarl; knot (something twisted and tight and swollen)