pear shape
Narrow top, wide bottom
Pear shape describes a body type or silhouette wider at the hips and thighs than at the shoulders and bust—like a pear, narrow at the top and full at the bottom.
The phrase appears in fashion and fitness contexts: pear-shaped figures look great in A-line skirts.
In British English, go pear-shaped means to go wrong or fail: The whole plan went pear-shaped.
- body typePhysical build category
- curvyHaving smooth bends
- bottom-heavyMass concentrated below
- bottom halfSection beneath center
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
hips · wide hips · hip dips · thighs · tapered · bulbous · figure · voluptuous · contour · wide · narrow · waist · feminine · body · fruit · gourd · droplet · swelling
- body typesectomorph, endomorph, mesomorph, somatotype, athletic build
- body imagebody image, body positivity, body acceptance, body shaming, body shame
- Ovalsoval, ellipse, ovoid, ovate, oblong
- palette knivespalette knife
- body measurementsheight, weight, waist circumference, head circumference, shoulder width
- caricature featuresbig eyes, big head, long nose, bulging eyes, puffy cheeks
pear shapeinverted triangle
Triangle with apex below
V-shape · apple shape · top-heavy · hourglass · broad-shouldered
pear shapeaccording to plan
Proceeding as designed
swimmingly · perfectly · like clockwork · smoothly · successfully
pear, shape, pears, shapes, shaped, shaping, shapely, shapeless, reshape