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View synonyms for pear-shaped
pear-shaped
[ pair-sheypt ]
adjective
- having the shape of a pear; tapering near the top and bulging toward the base or bottom:
a pear-shaped vase.
- (of a vocal tone) clear, resonant, and without harshness; full-bodied.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pear-shaped1
First recorded in 1750–60
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Example Sentences
The condensers were pear shaped in section, and built of mild steel plates.
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When she came back with her instrument, a small pear shaped guitar in appearance, she was more composed.
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The engraving is always on the convex side of the shell which has been reduced to a pear-shaped form.
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Two, however, of them had the forehead broader than the cheek-bones, so that the head was pear-shaped.
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He was a spare man, and his bald head, garnished with a few spare locks at the back of it, was pear-shaped in conformation.
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