v-shaped

1. 1.

   shaped in the form of the letter V

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Questions about v-shaped

What does v-shaped mean?

v-shaped means "shaped in the form of the letter V".

How many syllables are in v-shaped?

v-shaped has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. 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 v-shaped a common word?

v-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.