hourglassshaped
The word 'hourglass-shaped' is divided into three syllables: hour-glass-shaped. It's a compound adjective formed from 'hourglass' and the suffix '-shaped'. Primary stress falls on the second syllable of each component. Syllabification follows standard rules for vowel-consonant patterns and compound word division.
Definitions
- 1
Having the form of an hourglass.
“The vase was beautifully hourglass-shaped.”
“She had an hourglass-shaped figure.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress on the second syllable of 'hourglass' (/ˈɡlɑːs/) and the second syllable of 'shaped' (/ʃeɪpt/).
Syllables
hour — Open syllable, vowel followed by a consonant and 'r' (rhotic pronunciation).. glass — Closed syllable, vowel followed by a consonant cluster.. shaped — Closed syllable, vowel followed by a consonant cluster.
Word Parts
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Vowel-Consonant-Consonant (VCC)
Applied to 'glass' and 'shaped' to divide after the vowel.
Compound Word Syllabification
Each component of the compound word ('hour', 'glass') is treated as a separate syllable.
Suffix Syllabification
The suffix '-shaped' is treated as a separate syllable.
- The pronunciation of the 'r' in 'hour' varies between dialects.
- The compound word 'hourglass' could theoretically be hyphenated for clarity, but this doesn't affect the syllabification.
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