u-shaped

1. 1.

   shaped in the form of the letter U

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Questions about u-shaped

What does u-shaped mean?

u-shaped means "shaped in the form of the letter U".

How many syllables are in u-shaped?

u-shaped has 2 syllables: u--shaped. The stress falls on "u-".

Is u-shaped a common word?

u-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.