Word Meanings - BENDLET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A narrow bend, esp. one half the width of the bend.

Related words: (words related to BENDLET)

• NARROW
  Formed by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or by a tense condition of the pharynx; -- distinguished from wide; as e and oo , etc., from ì and oo , etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, § 13. Note: Narrow
• NARROW-MINDED
  Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean. -- Nar"row-mind`ed*ness, n.
• NARROWER
  One who, or that which, narrows or contracts. Hannah More.
• NARROWLY
  1. With little breadth; in a narrow manner. 2. Without much extent; contractedly. 3. With minute scrutiny; closely; as, to look or watch narrowly; to search narrowly. 4. With a little margin or space; by a small distance; hence, closely; hardly;
• NARROWNESS
  The condition or quality of being narrow.
• WIDTH
  The quality of being wide; extent from side to side; breadth; wideness; as, the width of cloth; the width of a door.
• NARROWING
  1. The act of contracting, or of making or becoming less in breadth or extent. 2. The part of a stocking which is narrowed.