star-shaped

[stahr-sheypt]

adjective

1. of the shape of or like a star.

2. Mathematics.,  starlike.

Word History and Origins

Origin of star-shaped¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

A rainbow-colored Snoopy rested near a star-shaped yellow helium balloon in the pile on Monday.

From Los Angeles Times

When Doohan left the room, the woman took the chance to look under the mattress and found star-shaped tablets and a syringe with tablets crushed inside.

From BBC

Think of the toddler's classic hammer-and-bench toy, with square, circular, triangular and star-shaped wooden pegs that can each only fit in the correspondingly shaped hole in the bench.

From Science Daily

Kamala’s Coconut Jubilee features coconut ice cream with swirls of caramel and red, white and blue star-shaped sprinkles.

From Salon

His approach tethers DNA probes dubbed "Inverse Molecular Sentinels" to the points of star-shaped gold nanoparticles.

From Science Daily