angled

[ang-guhld]

adjective

1. having an angle or angles.

2. Heraldry.

   1. noting an interrupted partition line having the two parts offset and a line at right angles connecting them.

   2. (of an ordinary) having an edge or edges so formed.

Word History and Origins

Origin of angled¹

First recorded in 1565–75; angle ¹ + -ed ³

Example Sentences

A keystone’s angled downward pressure on each side locks the larger form in place, paradoxically allowing the arch to rise up.

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Simon angled the book toward the window so it caught the fading light better.

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The only light came from the sunbeams that angled in at the cave’s arched mouth, some twenty feet away.

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The museum is clad in gray precast concrete panels, slightly angled from the wall in a way that suggests pleating.

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For lefties like me, let the waiter know, and they will bring out silverware that’s angled specifically for us.

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