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round shape

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Noun1.round shaperound shape - a shape that is curved and without sharp angles
shape, form - the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape"
bulb - anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop
cone shape, conoid, cone - a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point
disk, saucer, disc - something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate; "the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky"
curl, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, scroll, whorl, coil, roll - a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
convolution, swirl, vortex, whirl - the shape of something rotating rapidly
ellipsoid of revolution, spheroid - a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes; "it looked like a sphere but on closer examination I saw it was really a spheroid"
sphere - a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center
sphere - a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses)
cylinder - a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line
torus, toroid - a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle
rim - the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object

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I could now see her dress in full daylight; a neat, simple mousseline-laine gown fitted her compact round shape to perfection--delicate little collar and manchettes of lace, trim Parisian brodequins showed her neck, wrists, and feet, to complete advantage; but how grave was her face as she came suddenly upon me
It was a very ordinary black hat of the usual round shape, hard and much the worse for wear.
 
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