star-shaped
- adjective
- /ˈstɑrˌʃeɪpt/
- When she smiled down at me, the star-shaped gold filling in her front tooth shone like a jewel.
- star-shaped cookie cutter
- star-shaped flowers
- star-shaped scar
The cookies, I like the ones that moms make with just the sugar on them or the ones that have the star in them and they're star shaped.
- The cookies, I like the ones that moms make with just the sugar on them or the ones that have the star in them and they're star shaped.
Examples
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The star-shaped central motif, formed by thousands of tiny incised marks, may be an invocation in the Tuareg script tifinar.
Academic text (1996) -
She yipped and jumped aside, seeing, as she did, that he held a star-shaped amulet in his hand.
Fiction book (1992) -
It's got a star-shaped spear tip.
Fiction book (1997) -
High walls of stone and wood supported a star-shaped ceiling formed of massive oak beams.
Fiction book (1993) -
At the bottom, he turns right and arrives at a star-shaped five-way intersection.
Fiction book (1997) -
The flames vanished, and in their places appeared p57 star-shaped white flowers.
Fiction book (1992) -
In the center of her forehead, in the place where Brahman women wear a spot of rouge, she had a star-shaped scar.
Fiction book (1990) -
I used a cookie cutter to make star-shaped cookies for the party.
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The garden was filled with star-shaped flowers that bloomed in vibrant colors.
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They decorated the Christmas tree with star-shaped ornaments that sparkled in the light.
Synonyms
Having the shape or look of a star
Shaped like a star with parts spreading from the center
Having lines that spread out from the middle like the sun
Having a star-shaped form like a starfish or many flowers
How Star-Shaped
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Star-shaped comes from two simple English words, star and shaped, where a star is a bright point in the sky and 'shaped' means 'made like'. So, something star-shaped has points that go out from the center, just like a star.