pear-shaped

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Morris Commercial said the reimagined van would retain a number of its original features, including the pear-shaped grille.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025

Westinghouse built the silver, pear-shaped device in 1937 and it became known as the “world’s first industrial atom smasher.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

Brandy Escamilla had saved money to purchase a custom-made engagement ring: a pear-shaped diamond from a jeweler in downtown Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2023

They are small, pear-shaped insects that come in a variety of colors, from green, red and yellow to black, brown and gray.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2023

Every night the moment returns to him: when he clasped that pear-shaped diamond between his thumb and forefinger, made huge by the lens of his loupe, and believed he held the one-hundred-and-thirty-three-carat Sea of Flames.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr