roundsided

English

Verb

roundsided

1. simple past and past participle of roundside

Adjective

roundsided (comparative more roundsided, superlative most roundsided)

1. Having rounded sides.
   • 1960, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper:

     Protoconch proportionally large, consisting of about 4" smooth whorls that become increasingly roundsided with increased size.

   • 1975, Norman Hammond, Lubaantun, a classic Maya realm: Tables, page 325:

     Only one form is represented in the sample, a roundsided bowl with slightly restricted orifice and flat base and an estimated rim diameter of 17 cm.

   • 1997, The American Scholar - Volume 66, page 120:

     I'm riddled at the hips and knees, roundsided as parentheses since my shrunken spine has known osteoporosis and my extremities have shriveled into lacy filigrees, breakable as glass on stone.