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hourglass-shaped

hourglass-shaped adjective: having a shape or cross-section like that of an hourglass.

Adjective

hourglass-shaped (comparative more hourglass-shaped, superlative most hourglass-shaped)

  1. Having a shape or cross-section like that of an hourglass.

Forms of hourglass-shaped

comparativemore hourglass-shaped
superlativemost hourglass-shaped

Questions about hourglass-shaped

What does hourglass-shaped mean?
Hourglass-shaped means having a shape or cross-section like that of an hourglass.
What part of speech is hourglass-shaped?
Hourglass-shaped is an adjective.

Words near hourglass-shaped in the dictionary

  1. hourglass dolphins
  2. hourglass drum
  3. hourglass drums
  4. hourglass figure
  5. hourglass figures
  6. hourglass-shaped
  7. hourglassed
  8. hourglasses
  9. hourglassing
  10. houri
  11. Houria

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