bowl-shaped

1. 1.

   having a concave shape with an open top like a bowl

   Similarconcave

Questions about bowl-shaped

What does bowl-shaped mean?

bowl-shaped means "having a concave shape with an open top like a bowl".

How many syllables are in bowl-shaped?

bowl-shaped has 2 syllables and divides as bowl--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 bowl-shaped a common word?

bowl-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.