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hourglass-shaped

hourglass-shaped

4.4
A shape with a narrow middle and wider top and bottom
  • adjective
translation icon : en forma de reloj de arena
  • So again, the brushes has a little bit of an hourglass shape and it just, it's so big.

Examples

  • The sculpture features an hourglass-shaped design that narrows at the middle and expands at the top and bottom.

  • OK, it's got that, you know, subtle hourglass shaped brush, but it's a very shallow like dip in the middle.

  • So kind of has an hourglass shape on this side and then it kind of becomes straight on that side.

  • Kind of gives me Bite Beauty upswing vibes with that hourglass shape but while being very very wide.

  • One writer described the hourglass-shaped structure of a nuclear power plant as having a 430-foot-diameter base constructed from more than 15,500 cubic feet of concrete, enough to build a two-lane highway 35 miles long.

    Academic text (2010)

  • She wore a beautiful hourglass-shaped dress that accentuated her figure with its fitted waist and flared skirt.

  • The hourglass-shaped vase on the table is perfect for displaying fresh flowers, as its design emphasizes the blooms.

How Narrow

hourglass-shaped
4.4
slim
60 1.0
broad
224 1.0

Surface Forms

hourglass-shaped positive

Morphology

hourglass-shaped = hourglass + shape (transparent) = hour + glass + shape + ed

The structure is straightforward: the adjective means 'shaped like an hourglass,' combining the known noun 'hourglass' with the participial form of 'shape'.

Etymology

Hourglass-shaped comes from the object hourglass, made of glass and used to measure an hour, a 'sand timer' with a thin middle and wider top and bottom. So hourglass-shaped describes anything with that same narrow middle and wider ends.