pear-shaped

What does pear-shaped mean?

pear-shaped means "having a round shape tapered at one end". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pear-shaped?

pear-shaped has 3 syllables and divides as pear--sha-ped 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.

What is another word for pear-shaped?

Close synonyms include orotund, rotund, round. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pear-shaped a common word?

pear-shaped is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for pear-shaped come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.