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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. having a round shape tapered at one end;

2. (of sounds) full and rich;
- Example: "orotund tones"
- Example: "the rotund and reverberating phrase"
- Example: "pear-shaped vowels"
[syn: orotund, rotund, round, pear-shaped]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pear-shaped \Pear"-shaped`\, a. Of the form of a pear. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pear-shaped 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]