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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
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, pear-shaped]
Merriam Webster's
adjective Date: 17581. having an oval shape markedly tapering at one end2. of a vocal tone free from harshness, thinness, or nasality
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Pear-shaped Pear"-shaped`, a. Of the form of a pear.
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
1. Something that is pear-shaped has a shape like a pear. ...her pear-shaped diamond earrings. ADJ 2. If someone, especially a woman, is pear-shaped, they are wider around their hips than around the top half of their body. ADJ 3. If a situation goes pear-shaped, bad things start happening. (INFORMAL) He feared his career had gone a bit pear-shaped. PHRASE: V inflects
