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ROUND SHAPE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A shape that is curved and without sharp angles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("round shape" is a kind of...):
form; shape (the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "round shape"):
bulb (anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop)
cone; cone shape; conoid (a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point)
disc; disk; saucer (something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate)
coil; curl; curlicue; gyre; ringlet; roll; scroll; whorl (a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals))
convolution; swirl; vortex; whirl (the shape of something rotating rapidly)
ellipsoid of revolution; spheroid (a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes)
sphere (a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center)
sphere (a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses))
cylinder (a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line)
toroid; torus (a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle)
rim (the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object)
