turbinal adjective 2noun 1forms 3 adjective2 •Having the shape of a cone resting on its apex. •Rolled in a spiral; scroll-like; turbinate; applied to the thin, plicated, bony or cartilaginous plates which support the olfactory and mucous membranes of the nasal chambers. noun1 •A turbinate bone. formsturbinals · more turbinal · most turbinal