- having the type of shape mentioned
- a huge balloon shaped like a giant cow
- almond-shaped eyes
- an L-shaped room
Extra ExamplesTopics Colours and Shapesb2- All the rooms in the house were awkwardly shaped.
- Donkeys' hoofs are shaped differently from horses'.
- You can buy specially shaped bricks for an arch.
- an oddly shaped parcel
- her beautifully shaped mouth
- a lovely little silver brooch shaped like a rose
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- beautifully
- perfectly
- differently
- …
- be shaped like something
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