Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Shaped like a pear; pointed or peaked above and ovate beneath: specifically, in bot, obovoid or obconical with more tapering base; pyriform.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of the form of a pear.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having a shape or
cross-section like the cross-section of a pear.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a round shape tapered at one end
- adjective (of sounds) full and rich
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Examples
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The former Bureau ADIC wore a belted tan trench and black slacks and stood a pear-shaped five-six or five-seven, compared to his six-one.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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And being your own artist removes most of the financial liability for you in case the project goes pear-shaped.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Faraway Soul’s Review Forum 2009
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The same woman, of course, had modeled for both figures, that glorious pear-shaped belly less nakedly obvious in the painting, but unmistakably outlined by the flowing folds of her dress.
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Mountbatten had decided to shift his headquarters from New Delhi to Ceylon, moving from the heart of India to the pear-shaped island at its southernmost tip.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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Bridgewater is a splendidly Falstaffian character, tubby "more apple than pear-shaped", big-hearted and sybaritic.
Fathers and Sons Sam Sacks 2011
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A family walked in, mom I noticed right away, She was absolutely huge in a pear-shaped way … had to be over 350.
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The former Bureau ADIC wore a belted tan trench and black slacks and stood a pear-shaped five-six or five-seven, compared to his six-one.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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Mountbatten had decided to shift his headquarters from New Delhi to Ceylon, moving from the heart of India to the pear-shaped island at its southernmost tip.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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The former Bureau ADIC wore a belted tan trench and black slacks and stood a pear-shaped five-six or five-seven, compared to his six-one.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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The former Bureau ADIC wore a belted tan trench and black slacks and stood a pear-shaped five-six or five-seven, compared to his six-one.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
Logophile77 commented on the word pear-shaped
https://youtu.be/JxHM5fepeNw#t=03m00s
"Anthony the Pear"
Does this mean that you like pears?
Or you're just pear-shaped?
Should be:
"Anthony the Pear"
Does this mean that you like pears?
Or you're pyriform?
I have said my piece.
December 19, 2017