round
- adjective
- /raʊnd/
- Some men think the earth is round.
- Earth is round
- a round face
- a round hole
We knew the world was round in ancient Greece.
- We knew the world was round in ancient Greece.
- So that's no, no, that's a, that's a round ball that gets tossed.
- This is a round ball hitting a round post and going in.
- Oh yes, that's so smooth, so round, so pure.
Examples
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When she laughed, always in a mannerly way, her little round face dimpled near the chin.
Fiction book (1990) -
Those round things are called tires, and they go under the car!
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How do they make them round like this?
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It's like a little round stone like thing.
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It's like this perfect round like rock with this little point.
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We can see all of the little sort of round cells inside.
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So, people say "I want to live in a round house."
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This is a round ball hitting a round post and going in.
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I have gray hair and round spectacles.
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The children played with a round ball in the backyard.
Synonyms
Having the shape of a circle
Round like a ball
A shape that is almost like a circle
Round and shaped like a ball
Having a smooth, curved shape with no sharp points
Round in shape like a wheel
Round or nearly round in shape
A little round in shape like a small stone
Antonyms
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
- Specialized
A small curved strip of wood or plastic used where a floor meets a wall to hide the gap
- Specialized
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
How Round
Surface Forms
Etymology
Round meaning 'circular' comes from an old word for 'circle', so it names shapes that are like a ring or ball and have no sharp edges.