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View definitions for pear-shaped

pear-shaped

adjective as in egg-shaped

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Example Sentences

The condensers were pear shaped in section, and built of mild steel plates.

When she came back with her instrument, a small pear shaped guitar in appearance, she was more composed.

The engraving is always on the convex side of the shell which has been reduced to a pear-shaped form.

Two, however, of them had the forehead broader than the cheek-bones, so that the head was pear-shaped.

He was a spare man, and his bald head, garnished with a few spare locks at the back of it, was pear-shaped in conformation.

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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pear-shaped, such as: elliptical, oblong, ovate, and ovoid.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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