English Explanatory Dictionary

pear-shaped

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having a shape of a (typical western) pear, or in cross-section, like the cross-section of a pear.
  2. Having gynoid fat distribution, not android fat distribution.
  3. rich, mellow, sonorous
  4. Wrong, awry, usually in the phrase go pear-shaped.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

pear-shaped more pear-shaped most pear-shaped

Synonyms

lecythiform piriform pyriform gynoid

Derived words

go pear-shaped play it pear-shaped turn pear-shaped
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