hourglassshaped
Hourglass-shaped is a three-syllable compound adjective (hour-glass-shaped) with primary stress on 'hour'. It's formed from the root 'glass' and the suffixes '-hour' and '-shaped', following standard syllable division rules for English.
Definitions
- 1
Having the form of an hourglass; constricted in the middle with wider ends.
“The woman had an hourglass-shaped figure.”
“The vase was beautifully hourglass-shaped.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress on the first syllable ('hour'), secondary stress on the second syllable ('glass'), and no stress on the third syllable ('shaped').
Syllables
hour — Open, stressed syllable with a diphthong.. glass — Open syllable with secondary stress.. shaped — Closed, unstressed syllable with a consonant cluster.
Word Parts
Similar Words
Vowel-Consonant-Vowel (VCV)
Dividing between vowels in compound words.
Open Syllable Rule
Syllables ending in vowels are generally open.
Closed Syllable Rule
Syllables ending in consonants are generally closed.
Compound Word Rule
Dividing between constituent parts of a compound word.
- Regional variations in the pronunciation of 'hour'.
- Potential unreleased final /t/ in 'shaped'.
- Importance of the hyphen for clarity.
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