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Pear-shaped

adj, slang

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Adjective
  1. 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[.]"

  2. 2
    Having a shape of a (typical western) pear, or in cross-section, like the cross-section of a pear.; Having gynoid fat distribution, not android fat distribution.

    "pear-shaped obesity versus apple-shaped obesity"

  3. 3
    rich, mellow, sonorous
  4. 4
    Wrong, awry, usually in the phrase go pear-shaped. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang
Adjective
  1. 1
    (of sounds) full and rich wordnet
  2. 2
    having a round shape tapered at one end wordnet

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