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roundings

roundings is the plural of rounding.

Meaning of rounding

Noun

rounding (countable and uncountable, plural roundings)

  1. The act by which a numerical value is rounded.
  2. The numerical value obtained by this process.
  3. The act of making anything round, as the lips in pronouncing some vowels.
  4. A rounded surface; a curve.
    • In the early Egyptian works, the relief was low, the surface flat, and but little if any attempt was made to show the roundings of the human figure, or to exhibit the inflexion of the human form.1860, Journal of the Society of Arts, volume 8, page 292
  5. In bookbinding, the shaping of the folded and sewed sheets into a convex form at the back.

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Questions about roundings

What is roundings the plural of?
Roundings is the plural of rounding.

Words near roundings in the dictionary

  1. rounding out
  2. rounding the Horn
  3. rounding to
  4. rounding up
  5. rounding upon
  6. roundings
  7. roundish
  8. roundishly
  9. roundishness
  10. roundle
  11. roundleaf

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