ROUNDED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rounded mean? 

• ROUNDED (adjective)
  The adjective ROUNDED has 1 sense:

1. curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged

  Familiarity information: ROUNDED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROUNDED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged

Context example:

rounded shoulders

Similar:

dome-shaped (having the shape of a dome)

umbrellalike (resembling an umbrella)

terete (especially of plant parts; cylindrical and tapering)

rotund (spherical in shape)

rod-shaped; rodlike (resembling a rod)

plumlike (resembling a plum fruit)

pineal (having the form of a pine cone)

pillar-shaped (shaped like a cylindrical pillar)

paraboloidal (having the shape of a paraboloid)

parabolic; parabolical (having the form of a parabola)

olive-like; olivelike (resembling an olive)

lingulate; tongue-shaped (shaped like a tongue)

hyperboloidal (having the shape of a hyperboloid)

ellipsoid; ellipsoidal; spheroidal (having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid)

egg-shaped; elliptic; elliptical; oval; oval-shaped; ovate; oviform; ovoid; prolate (rounded like an egg)

domed; vaulted (having a hemispherical vault or dome)

disciform (having a round or oval shape like a disc)

cylindric; cylindrical (having the form of a cylinder)

cycloid; cycloidal (resembling a circle)

crescent; crescent-shaped; lunate; semilunar (resembling the new moon in shape)

bowfront (having an outward curving front)

bean-shaped (having a shape resembling a bean)

auriform; ear-like; ear-shaped (having a shape resembling an ear)

aspheric; aspherical (varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape)

annular; annulate; annulated; circinate; doughnut-shaped; ring-shaped; ringed (shaped like a ring)

almond-shaped; amygdaliform; amygdaloid; amygdaloidal (shaped like an almond)

allantoid; sausage-shaped (shaped like a sausage)

Also:

prolate; watermelon-shaped (having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter)

coiled (curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals))

fat (having an (over)abundance of flesh)

oblate; pumpkin-shaped (having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles)

circular; round (having the shape or form of a circle)

Antonym:

angular (having angles or an angular shape)

Derivation:

roundedness (the property possessed by a rounded convexity)

 Context examples 

Right in front of us, and almost within our reach, was the broad, rounded back of Milverton.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A procedure in which a rounded glass cup is warmed and placed upside down over an area of the body, creating suction that holds the cup to the skin.

(Cupping, NCI Dictionary)

As I rounded the galley, a new satisfaction was mine at thought of all the splendid cooking utensils inside.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The ears are small and rounded and there is a large ruff behind the head, which gives it a lion like appearance.

(Chow Chow, NCI Thesaurus)

Ears have a broad base, rounded tip, and are set high.

(Canaan Dog, NCI Thesaurus)

The Basset Hound has a large head, with a rounded skull.

(Basset Hound, NCI Thesaurus)

A cylindrical shape that is flat at one end and rounded at the other.

(Bullet, NCI Thesaurus)

It is composed of islands of rounded, oxyphilic, or spindle-shaped cells of medium size, with small vesicular nuclei.

(Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumor G1, NCI Thesaurus)

The upper, rounded portion of the uterus which is opposite from the cervix.

(Fundus Uteri, NCI Thesaurus)

A rounded mass of tissue that contains several types of nerve cells that are involved in the sense of smell.

(Olfactory bulb, NCI Dictionary)