shaped

shaped
/shaypt/, adj.
1. of a definite form, shape, or character (often used in combination): a U-shaped driveway.
2. designed to fit a particular form, body, or contour: a shaped garment.
3. Furniture. having other than a plane surface.
[1530-40; SHAPE + -ED2]

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