U-shaped

[yoo-sheypt]

adjective

1. being in the form of a U .

Word History and Origins

Origin of U-shaped¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

There is typically a U-shaped relationship between age and well-being, where young people are happier.

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At the O2, that pain seemed a distant memory, as he careened around the U-shaped stage on roller skates, pulling off a flawless moonwalk, and even freeze-framing in a handstand.

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Much of what remained Wednesday of the “Alphabet Streets” neighborhood of the Palisades, a mostly flat residential grid in a U-shaped pocket just north of Sunset Boulevard, was blackened rubble and dust.

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A driver took her to a large white house with a gated U-shaped driveway and, once inside, she was told to sign a nondisclosure agreement, the suit says.

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The Dec. 1 parade will start at 6 p.m. at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles and continue for 3.2 miles along a U-shaped route.

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