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Pear-shaped

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Adjective

1. pear-shaped

having a round shape tapered at one end

2. orotund, pear-shaped, rotund, round

(of sounds) full and rich

Example Sentences:
'orotund tones'
'the rotund and reverberating phrase'
'pear-shaped vowels'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Pear-shaped

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adjective
1. 
in the shape of a pear; tapered at the top and wider at the bottom
her pear-shaped diamond earrings
2. 
(of a woman or her figure) having wider hips and thighs in comparison to a slimmer upper body
She was a short, pear-shaped woman.
3.  go pear-shaped

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Pear-shaped

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adjective
1. 
shaped like a pear
2. 
full, clear, even, and resonant
said of sung tones

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