Meaning

4 senses
  1. Having a shape of a (typical western) pear, or in cross-section, like the cross-section of a pear.

    birnenförmig

    грушеви́дныйgruševídnyj, грушеобра́зныйgrušeobráznyj

    грушоподі́бнийhrušopodíbnyj

    having a round shape tapered at one end

  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

  3. Of a vocal or musical tone, mellow, rich, sonorous

  4. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang)Usually in the phrase go pear-shaped: wrong, awry.

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
having the shape of a pear:
Русский
By meaning 1
having the shape of a pear:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
having the shape of a pear:

Forms

more pear-shaped, most pear-shaped
Comparativemore pear-shaped Lesson
Superlativemost pear-shaped Lesson

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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