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star-shaped

American  
[stahr-sheypt] / ˈstɑrˌʃeɪpt /

adjective

  1. of the shape of or like a star.

  2. Mathematics. starlike.


Etymology

Origin of star-shaped

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

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They include Lumas - glowing star-shaped characters that players encounter throughout the game.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

At Socrates, examples include “A Sea In-MOTION,” a star-shaped assemblage of bamboo fences by the Pioneers Go East Collective; and Natalia Nakazawa’s part-buckyball, part-yurt “Dome Cartographies.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Think of the toddler's classic hammer-and-bench toy, with square, circular, triangular and star-shaped wooden pegs that can each only fit in the correspondingly shaped hole in the bench.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2024

Kamala’s Coconut Jubilee features coconut ice cream with swirls of caramel and red, white and blue star-shaped sprinkles.

From Salon • Sep. 22, 2024

The only motion was the minute hand and the agitated red star-shaped time indicator on Fischer’s clock.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady