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half-round
[haf-round, hahf-]
adjective
semicircular in cross section, as a molding or piece of type.
noun
anything that is semicircular in cross section.
Printing.a curved stereotype plate.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of half-round1
Example Sentences
The historic sheriff's office is just a series of naked half-round windows eerily showcasing devastation.
“We felt he would be there with our first pick in the fourth round, but he wasn’t there. We waited a half-round too long.”
Whereas the roof was once quaintly peaked, with large overhangs and orangy clay half-round tiles characteristic of country homes in the area, it is now a slab of slate gray, with a rooftop garden of grasses and ivy.
Why did Tiger & Co. take such an unusual route for their half-round?
“I’d say that the metal structures are from the ‘50s,” Irvin said of swings and half-round climbing bars.
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