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squarish

/ˈskwɛɹ.ɪʃ/

squarish adjective: approximately square.

Adjective

squarish (comparative more squarish, superlative most squarish)

  1. Approximately square.
  2. Somewhat square.
    • When they reached the foot of the hill they caught a glimpse of what might be rocks on each side—squarish rocks, if you looked at them carefully, but no one did.1953, C. S. Lewis, chapter 7, in The Silver Chair, Collins, published 1998
    • The cars, which are of pleasing but somewhat squarish outline, are unstreamlined.1963 August, W. Shepherd, “Stockholm's modern underground railway”, in Modern Railways, page 96
  3. Oblong.

Forms of squarish

comparativemore squarish
superlativemost squarish

Origin of squarish

From square + -ish.

Words formed from squarish

Questions about squarish

What does squarish mean?
Squarish means approximately square.
What part of speech is squarish?
Squarish is an adjective.
How do you pronounce squarish?
Squarish is pronounced /ˈskwɛɹ.ɪʃ/ (US).

Words near squarish in the dictionary

  1. squaring shear
  2. squaring shears
  3. squaring the circle
  4. squaring up
  5. squarings
  6. squarish
  7. squarishly
  8. squarishness
  9. squark
  10. squarkonium
  11. squarks

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