fan-shaped

1. 1.

   shaped in the form of a fan

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Questions about fan-shaped

What does fan-shaped mean?

fan-shaped means "shaped in the form of a fan".

How many syllables are in fan-shaped?

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

fan-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.