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heart-shaped

heart-shaped

18 2.3
In the shape of a heart symbol like a love sign
  • adjective
  • /hɑrt-ʃeɪpt/
translation icon : con forma de corazón
  • And I saw in Tesco yesterday a heart-shaped pancake pan.
  • heart-shaped face
  • heart-shaped concave
  • small and heart-shaped

So so this really cute little heart-shaped tin, let me show you up close.

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Examples

  • In his hand, he held a small, heart-shaped locket on a golden chain.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • She wore a heart-shaped locket that held a picture of her grandmother.

  • By the way, I'm making heart- shaped pancakes for dinner.

  • And this is the heart-shaped pan.

  • And from then on, the lime tree decided to have... heart-shaped leaves.

  • Am I really looking at a heart-shaped turkey burger?

  • You'll find it in the heart-shaped box I keep my accessories in.

  • Her new poodle cut gave her a heart-shaped face, all eager now.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Yeah, we've got heart-shaped waffles this morning, which I'm very excited about.

  • Brandy's mother had owned a heart-shaped box that was decorated with lovely ridged seashells.

    Fiction book (1997)

Synonyms

cordiform
vsheart-shaped
  • Specialized
9.9

Shaped like a heart

is the common simple term used for that same outline
cordate
vsheart-shaped
  • Specialized
9.7

Having leaves shaped like a heart with a small cut at the base

is broader and used for any leaf or object with heart outline

Surface Forms

heart-shaped positive

Morphology

heart-shaped = heart + shape (transparent) = heart + shape

The meaning is directly compositional: it refers to something with the shape of a heart.

Etymology

Heart-shaped comes from heart, the body organ that people also use to mean 'feelings' or 'love', and the ending -shaped, which means 'having the form of'. So heart-shaped describes things that look like the simple, classic heart symbol and is used for leaves, cookies, or a pendant.