round
- noun
- /raʊnd/
- The chairs were separated by a small round table (46 cm diameter) and turned toward each other at a 60-degree angle.
Examples
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The carpenter used a sturdy round to connect the four legs of the chair.
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The chair's round provides added stability to the furniture design.
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The strong mutual bond of the round table.
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For instance, for the round table, it will only move if pressure is exerted here or here.
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Well, yes, I I've arranged a round table discussion with a few people of various backgrounds.
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She selected a beautiful round to reinforce the old table's legs.
Synonyms
A horizontal bar on a ladder or chair that you step on for support
Idioms
To come together to show strong support for a leader or the country in danger
Compounds
- Literature
A large round table in stories about King Arthur where knights sit as equals
- Literature
A member of King Arthur's court who sits at the Round Table and is brave and fair
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A small curved strip of wood or plastic used where a floor meets a wall to hide the gap
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A small opening in the inner ear wall that leads to the part that senses sound
- UK
A regular route for delivering newspapers often done by a young person before school
- Literature
A round table where King Arthur and his knights sat as equals
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A curved half-circle shape above a door or bridge seen in Roman buildings
Couples perform planned steps while moving in a circle to music guided by a leader
A small tree from East Asia that makes round orange fruits with sweet peel and sour flesh
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A cord of tissue on each side of the womb that runs to the outer female genital area
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A freshwater fish with a bronze back and white belly from northern lakes and rivers
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A way of using the arm that swings out at shoulder height to throw or hit in sports like cricket
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A glass container with a round body and a narrow neck used for heating or mixing chemicals
A garden plant with a round bulb and purple flower head used for food and decoration
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A North American orchid with two round leaves and greenish white flowers on one stalk
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A brown mushroom with a pink stem and smooth round spores that grows on wood
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The time it takes for a light signal to travel to a spacecraft or planet and back
A small animal like a rat that lives in Florida wetlands and has a round tail
Surface Forms
Etymology
Round for a crosspiece on a chair comes from its simple shape: it is a small turned rod that is literally 'round', and the name points to that round form.