saddle-shaped

1. 1.

   shaped in the form of a horse's saddle

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Questions about saddle-shaped

What does saddle-shaped mean?

saddle-shaped means "shaped in the form of a horse's saddle".

How many syllables are in saddle-shaped?

saddle-shaped has 3 syllables and divides as sadd-le--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 saddle-shaped a common word?

saddle-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.