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guitar-shaped

guitar-shaped

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A thing that has the shape of a guitar
  • adjective
translation icon : en forma de guitarra
  • Faron drives down Broadway toward the famous yellow guitar-shaped sign.

Examples

  • He designed a guitar-shaped bookshelf that perfectly holds his collection of music books.

  • From Fender guitar-shaped door handles to stage costumes and other prized memorabilia, this resort is devoted to all things music.

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  • A floral arrangement in the shape of an open Bible stands at the head of the casket; a guitar-shaped arrangement at the foot.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Additional information about the Ray-Ban is presenting a cost-free Ray-Ban guitar-shaped keychain.

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  • The garden features a beautiful guitar-shaped pond that adds a unique touch to the landscape.

  • At the festival, we admired the guitar-shaped sculpture that stood at the entrance.

Surface Forms

guitar-shaped positive

Morphology

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

The word is a straightforward compound meaning 'shaped like a guitar,' and the participial adjective 'shaped' is itself transparently related to 'shape'.

Etymology

The word guitar-shaped comes from guitar, the name of the musical instrument that English took from Spanish 'guitarra', and the part -shaped means 'in the form of'. So guitar-shaped simply means 'in the shape of a guitar', which is why we call a cake, pool, or sculpture that looks like a guitar 'guitar-shaped'.