Low-set

3 definitions found

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

  low-set \low-set\ adj.
     short and thick; especially having short legs and heavy
     musculature; -- of people.
  
     Syn: chunky, dumpy, squat, squatty, stubby, stumpy, stocky.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  low-set
       adj 1: short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy
              musculature; "some people seem born to be square and
              chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman";
              "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears";
              "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red
              smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure" [syn: {chunky},
               {dumpy}, {squat}, {squatty}, {stumpy}]
       2: lower than average; "lowset ears"; "a stocky low-set animal"
          [syn: {lowset}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lowset
       adj : lower than average; "lowset ears"; "a stocky low-set animal"
             [syn: {low-set}]