"U-shaped" meaning in English

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        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
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          "name": "Shapes",
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        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "word": "U-shaped recession"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "word": "U-shaped valley"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "word": "U-shapedness"
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        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "word": "U-shapedly"
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        {
          "text": "http://www.nps.gov/archive/olym/uv.htm,\nAfter the ice melts away, the valley appears U-shaped."
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      "glosses": [
        "Shaped like the letter U; bent such that the two ends are parallel."
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          "word": "A-shaped - B-shaped - C-shaped - D-shaped - E-shaped - F-shaped - G-shaped - H-shaped - I-shaped - J-shaped - K-shaped - L-shaped - M-shaped - N-shaped - O-shaped - P-shaped - Q-shaped - R-shaped - S-shaped - T-shaped - U-shaped - V-shaped - W-shaped - X-shaped - Y-shaped - Z-shaped"
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        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "word": "hyoid"
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          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "shaped like the letter U",
          "word": "U-formet"
        },
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          "_dis1": "81 19",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "shaped like the letter U",
          "word": "u-förmig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "shaped like the letter U",
          "word": "U-förmig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "shaped like the letter U",
          "word": "U-chruthach"
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          "_dis1": "81 19",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "shaped like the letter U",
          "word": "U-formet"
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        {
          "text": "a U-shaped valley"
        }
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        "Having a cross-section similar in appearance to a broad U."
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          "cross-section",
          "cross-section"
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  "word": "U-shaped"
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      "word": "U-shaped recession"
    },
    {
      "word": "U-shaped valley"
    },
    {
      "word": "U-shapedness"
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    {
      "word": "U-shapedly"
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      "form": "more U-shaped",
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      "form": "most U-shaped",
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          "text": "http://www.nps.gov/archive/olym/uv.htm,\nAfter the ice melts away, the valley appears U-shaped."
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        "Shaped like the letter U; bent such that the two ends are parallel."
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          "text": "a U-shaped valley"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "shaped like the letter U",
      "word": "U-formet"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "shaped like the letter U",
      "word": "u-förmig"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "shaped like the letter U",
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    },
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "shaped like the letter U",
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "shaped like the letter U",
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  "word": "U-shaped"
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