Entry Word: round

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 having every part of the surface the same distance from the center <round golf balls> <the earth is not perfectly round>

Synonyms global, spherical

Related Words annular, circular, disklike (or disclike), ringlike; curved, looped, spiral; balled, rotund, rounded, roundish; elliptic (or elliptical), oval, ovate, ovoid

2 having an excess of body fat <a round little grandmother who was a natural to play Mrs. Claus> — see fat 1
3 marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones <an organ with a beautifully round sound> — see resonant
4 being neither more nor less than a certain amount, number, or extent <a round dozen eggs> — see even 1