Pear-shaped

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pear-shaped \Pear"-shaped`\, a.
     Of the form of a pear.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  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}]