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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:

1. having a round faceplay

  Familiarity information: ROUND-FACED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ROUND-FACED (adjective)


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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