Pear-shaped \Pear"-shaped`\, a.
Of the form of a pear.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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