Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
dog-sized is an adjective meaning "having the approximate size of an average dog". It carries one recorded sense.
having the approximate size of an average dog
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for dog-sized come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.