| Main Entry: | circle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | orb, loop, round figure |
Synonyms: |
amphitheater, aureole, band, belt, bowl, bracelet, circlet, circuit, circumference, circus, cirque, coil, colure, compass, cordon, corona, crown, cycle, disc, disk, ecliptic, enclosure, equator, full turn, globe, halo, hoop, horizon, lap, meridian, orbit, parallel of latitude, perimeter, periphery, record, revolution, ring, ringlet, round, sphere, stadium, tire, turn, vortex, wheel, wreath, zodiac |
| Main Entry: | disk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | round object |
Synonyms: |
circle, disc, discoid, discoidal, discus, dish, flan, plate, platter, quoit, sabot, saucer, shell |
| Notes: | some make a distinction between disks - magnetic media like floppy disks and hard disks - and discs, optical media like CD-ROMs and DVDs |
| Main Entry: | plate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sheet, panel |
Synonyms: |
coat, disc, flake, foil, lamella, lamina, layer, leaf, plane, print, scale, slab, slice, spangle, stratum |
| Main Entry: | round |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | globe, ball; semicircular area |
Synonyms: |
arc, arch, band, bend, bow, circle, circlet, curvation, curvature, curve, disc, disk, equator, eye, gyre, hoop, loop, orb, orbit, ring, ringlet, sphere, wheel |
| Main Entry: | platter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plate |
Synonyms: |
charger, disc, dish, disk, record, salver, tray, trencher |
| Main Entry: | gyre |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | circle |
Synonyms: |
aureole, band, belt, bowl, bracelet, circlet, circuit, circumference, circus, cirque, coil, colure, compass, cordon, corona, crown*, cycle, disc, disk, ecliptic, enclosure, equator, full turn, globe, halo, hoop, horizon, lap, meridian, orbit, parallel of |
| Main Entry: | circle |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
annular, bead-like, bell-shaped, belted, bulbiform, bulbous, campaniform, campaniliform, campanulate, circinate, circular, circumrotatory, columnar, conic, conical, coniform, cycloidal, cyclostomate, cylindric, cylindrical, cylindroid, egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, full-orbed, fungiform, gibbous, gimmal, globated, globose, globous, globular, guttiform, gyratory, knobbed, lobed, lumbriciform, molendinaceous, moniliform, obconic, obrotund, ooid, orbicular, oval, ovate, oviform, ovoid, ovopyriform, pear-shaped, penannular, peristrephic, pyriform, ringed, rotary, rotating, rotatory, rotund, round, rounded, spherical, spheroidal, stobic, strobic, strombuliform, trochiform, trochilic, vertiginous, vortical, vorticose
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