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pearshaped

pearshaped is the alternative spelling of pear-shaped.

Meaning of pear-shaped

Adjective

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

  1. Having a shape of a (typical western) pear, or in cross-section, like the cross-section of a pear.
    • Single egg laid directly on ledge, pear-shaped to prevent rolling off[.]2009, Lars Svensson, Collins Bird Guide, page 210
    1. Having gynoid fat distribution, not android fat distribution.
      • pear-shaped obesity
  2. Of a vocal or musical tone, mellow, rich, sonorous
  3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang) Usually in the phrase go pear-shaped: wrong, awry.

Forms of pearshaped

comparativemore pearshaped
superlativemost pearshaped

Phrases with pearshaped

Questions about pearshaped

What is pearshaped the alternative spelling of?
Pearshaped is the alternative spelling of pear-shaped.

Words near pearshaped in the dictionary

  1. Pearsall
  2. Pearsalls
  3. Pearse
  4. Pearses
  5. Pearshape
  6. pearshaped
  7. Pearson
  8. Pearson distribution
  9. Pearson distributions
  10. Pearson syndrome
  11. Pearson's long-clawed shrew

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pearshaped (page history and authors); pear-shaped (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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