squarish
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- adjective
- /ˈskwɛrɪʃ/
:
cuadrado
- Her squarish glasses gave her a distinctive look that everyone noticed.
- squarish shape
It's got the kind of squarish, blocky shape.
- It's got the kind of squarish, blocky shape.
Examples
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Heavy, squarish brogans, they clomp and thud as Toby runs up and down the court.
Fiction book (1993) -
A stocky, almost squarish man, he evidenced a slight limp as he came closer.
Fiction book (1991) -
So this is more round, this is more squarish, but this is what we're going for at the moment.
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Short dark hair, squarish glasses, that was all I saw before her back was to us.
Fiction book (1999) -
It's got the kind of squarish, blocky shape.
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To her, it looks like a wide and squarish stripe of blue.
Fiction book (2001) -
Mrs. Keller had the same squarish features as her daughter, the same fine hair that would not be tamed.
Fiction book (1999) -
McGovern pulls to the side of the road near a weather station and a squarish stand of green shrubs called lupins.
Academic text (2007) -
Veleck turned and lumbered down a narrow walkway that was barely wide enough for his squarish bulk.
Fiction book (1992) -
The table had a squarish shape that fit perfectly in the corner of the room.
Synonyms
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Having four equal sides and four corners
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More like a square in shape than something else
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Shaped like a box with straight sides and sharp corners
Antonyms
How Square
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Squarish comes from the shape name square plus the ending -ish, which means 'somewhat' or 'like', as in reddish. So squarish means 'somewhat square' or 'a bit like a square'.