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Synonyms for pear-shaped


Grammar : Adj
Spell : pair-sheypt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛərˌʃeɪpt



Définition of pear-shaped

  • As in egg-shaped : adj oval
Example sentences :
  • This he moulded into a loop, and mounted inside a pear-shaped bulb of glass.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • Dangling from each one was a small, pear-shaped globule of metal.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
  • Her chin was pear-shaped, and revealed decision of character.
  • Extract from : « The Kentucky Ranger » by Edward T. Curnick
  • The world then, said Columbus, could not be a perfect round, but pear-shaped.
  • Extract from : « A Book of Discovery » by Margaret Bertha (M. B.) Synge
  • The pear-shaped man didn't have arms either, Dewforth noticed.
  • Extract from : « In the Control Tower » by Will Mohler
  • The leaves are large and pear-shaped, with the broad end opposite the stem.
  • Extract from : « American Forest Trees » by Henry H. Gibson
  • Shell irregular, rounded, ovate or pear-shaped, with irregular network of rounded or nearly polygonal meshes.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • The two stems meeting at the bottom formed a pear-shaped loop.
  • Extract from : « Mother Nature's Toy-Shop » by Lina Beard
  • It has, likewise, seven pendants of gold and pear-shaped sapphires.
  • Extract from : « Spanish Arms and Armour » by Albert F. Calvert
  • Some are pear-shaped; others large and flattened at the ends.
  • Extract from : « Birds and Nature, Vol. 12 No. 3 [August 1902] » by Various

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