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bean-shaped

bean-shaped

1 3.4
Having a curved shape with rounded ends like a bean
  • adjective
  • /bin-ʃeɪpt/
translation icon : en forma de frijol
  • The children excitedly pointed out the bean-shaped clouds drifting across the sky.

Examples

  • I have no idea what plant this is, but I do know it had long, bean-shaped pods hanging from it, as well as beautiful flowers with delicate, curly, thread-like tendrils coming out of the flower clusters.

    Blog text (8)

  • The characteristic features of metatarsus adductus are a laterally curved border of the foot, a "bean-shaped" sole of the foot, and adductus or turning in of the forefoot.

    Academic text (2005)

  • We're getting the bean-shaped model.

    Envy (2004)

  • Inside the bag was a small cache of little coffee bean-shaped chocolates.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • His stupid baked bean-shaped head looks like someone’s blown up a big yellow balloon and been set a challenge to draw the most retarded possible face they can imagine on it.

    Blog text (7)

  • The artist designed a beautiful table with a bean-shaped top that invited intimate gatherings.

  • She wore a bean-shaped pendant that perfectly matched her outfit.

Synonyms

oval
vsbean-shaped
38 1.0

Having a rounded shape that is slightly longer than a circle, like an egg

is more curved with an inward curve rather than a smooth ellipse
oval-shaped
vsbean-shaped
1 3.0

A shape that is long and round like an egg

is curvier and less evenly rounded than that egglike form
football-shaped
vsbean-shaped
1 2.8

Shaped like an oval with rounded ends similar to a football

is more curved and slightly irregular rather than perfectly symmetrical

How Curved

bean-shaped
1 3.4
arched
4 3.2
curved
6 1.0
straight
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

bean-shaped positive

Morphology

bean-shaped = bean + shaped (transparent) = bean + shape + ed

The meaning is straightforwardly built from 'bean' plus 'shaped', indicating something shaped like a bean.

Etymology

Bean-shaped comes from the familiar plant seed bean and the simple word shaped. So, bean-shaped means 'in the shape of a bean', curved and rounded at the ends like the beans you eat.