angled
Americanadjective
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having an angle or angles.
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Heraldry.
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noting an interrupted partition line having the two parts offset and a line at right angles connecting them.
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(of an ordinary) having an edge or edges so formed.
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Etymology
Origin of angled
Explanation
Something at a sharp angle, slant, or incline can be described as angled. An angled ramp makes skateboarding more fun. The roof of your house is probably angled, and so is the ramp of a parking garage and the blade of a chef's knife. Sports reporters are fond of describing certain moves as angled, too, like an angled basketball shot or an angled football run. The adjective angled comes from angle, "space between intersecting lines," from the Latin angulus, "an angle or a corner."
Example Sentences
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Instead, each room has a bench housing an angled projector.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Using a 3-D-printed model of his father’s head, a TV screen and an angled mirror, he created what looked like a hologram of his father.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
The “stuff” being a body of work angled toward wistful ruminations on familial heritage, the search for brotherhood and “the question of what to do with all the sorrow.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Sanchez, Chelsea's current number one, was beaten at his near post by Josh King's angled shot in the opening Premier League match against Fulham.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
"The game is up," says Duke, his head angled heroically.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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