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ROUND-FACED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does round-faced mean?
• ROUND-FACED (adjective)
The adjective ROUND-FACED has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: ROUND-FACED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a round face
Synonyms:
moon-faced; round-faced
Similar:
faced (having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination)
Context examples
Here passed the round-faced burgher, swollen with prosperity, his sweeping dark-clothed gaberdine, flat velvet cap, broad leather belt and dangling pouch all speaking of comfort and of wealth.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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