Round
//ˈɹaʊnd//
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The word "round" can be used as noun, verb, adjective, adjective, preposition, proper noun, adverb and adverb.
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American round Boston round bottle English round hand Round Lake Beach Round Oak Round Swamp York round albatross round one's neck all round all-round all-year-round ask round bat round baton round beat someone round the ears bet round bring round call round cast round clear round close round come round conscience round counterround cut round cutround dig round down round drop round eco round elimination round enround eye of round flat round flog someone round the fleet fuck round get round get round to get rounds giddy-go-round go all round the houses go round go round the houses go round with go-round half-round half-round hand round hang round howl-round howlround in the round knock round let the grass grow round one's feet lightning round live round look round merry-go-round midround milk round multiround newspaper round newsround nonround obround overround overround paper round pass round pass round the hat pinch-me-round pirate round plastic baton round postround preround pull round put round putz round quarter-round rally round rally round the flag ranter-go-round ring round round and round round angle round bracket round character round clam round dance round down round dozen round file round game round girl round heart disease round herring round house round in round iron round ligament round lime round lot round number round of 16 round of 32 round of applause round of sixteen round off round on round out round robin round s round ship round table round the Horn round the bend round the clock round the corner round the twist round the wicket round to round trip round tuit round turn round up round upon round window round-bottomed flask round-ear round-eared tube-nosed bat round-eyed round-headed bush clover round-heeled round-leaved bloodwood round-like round-lobed hepatica round-mouthed round-ridge round-the-clock round-top round-wound roundabout roundabout roundarm roundback roundball rounded vowel rounden rounders roundeye roundfish roundhand roundhead roundheaded roundheels roundhouse roundie roundish roundleaf roundles roundly roundman roundness roundpole roundshield roundside roundsperson roundstone roundwise roundwood roundworm run circles round run round in circles sandwich round semiround sewround shot heard round the world show round spin round sqround square peg in a round hole squround subround subround sushi-go-round swing round the circle talk round the other way round theater-in-the-round top round tracer round turnround underround unround unround up round wheel round whip-round win round work round wrap-round wrapround year-round
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alter ammo ammunition applause articulate call change clapping course criticise criticize crosspiece cut of beef division enounce enunciate form gain go golf golf game habitude hand clapping helping hone interval itinerary knock locomote modify move part partsong path perfect pick apart portion pronounce put on rotating mechanism route say section serving shape sound out time interval track travel
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address adjective adjective circle and adjective angle anything anything circular approximate ball ball is ball like ball orb ball shape bangle bovine brewer bullet bunghole cartridge characteristic characterization circle circle ball circle describer circle description circle is circle like circle shape circle type circles circles shape circular circular adjective circular motion circular property circular shape circular spherical circumference clock clock is competition complete counsel course curve curve description curved curves cut cycle cylindrical d d circle describer description different discourse dose earth encircle encompass fermentation finish form geometric geometric shape geometry go go round golf hindquarters home plate ladder like like ball like circle like earth like sphere low magnitude match merry merry go motion number orb outburst pass plate plump pronounce property relief repeating repeating song round of beef round shot round top rounded rung secret serving shape shape circular shape plate shapes showjumping smoothbore solid shot song speak sphere sphere characteristic spherical subset time tone turn type utter vessel ward round wheel whisper whispering whole yeast zero
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apple shaped apple-shaped ball shaped ball-shaped barrel shaped barrel-shaped bulb shaped bulb-shaped bulblike bulbous capitate capitate coccoid coccoid cumuliform cumuliform disc shaped disc-shaped disclike discoid discoidal disk-shaped disklike full global globose globular goblet shaped goblet-shaped inexact inexact moon round moon-round moonlike nutlike nutlike orbicular pancake like pancake-like pear shaped pear-shaped pinwheel shaped pinwheel-shaped ringlike ringlike rounded roundish roundish spheric spherical wheel like wheel-like
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