bar-shaped

1. 1.

   shaped like a rigid strip of metal or wood

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Questions about bar-shaped

What does bar-shaped mean?

bar-shaped means "shaped like a rigid strip of metal or wood".

How many syllables are in bar-shaped?

bar-shaped has 2 syllables and divides as bar--shaped under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is bar-shaped a common word?

bar-shaped is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.