pear-shaped


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pear-shaped

pear-shaped
\pear"-shaped`\ (?), a. of the form of a pear.
pear-shaped
adj
1. having a round shape tapered at one end
2. (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels" [syn: orotund, rotund, round]