pear-shaped

[ pair-sheypt ]
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adjective
  1. having the shape of a pear; tapering near the top and bulging toward the base or bottom: a pear-shaped vase.

  2. (of a vocal tone) clear, resonant, and without harshness; full-bodied.

Origin of pear-shaped

1
First recorded in 1750–60

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How to use pear-shaped in a sentence

  • The condensers were pear shaped in section, and built of mild steel plates.

    Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' | British Government
  • When she came back with her instrument, a small pear shaped guitar in appearance, she was more composed.

    Six Women | Victoria Cross
  • The engraving is always on the convex side of the shell which has been reduced to a pear-shaped form.

    The Swastika | Thomas Wilson
  • Two, however, of them had the forehead broader than the cheek-bones, so that the head was pear-shaped.

  • 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.

    Parisians in the Country | Honore de Balzac