squinch
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
squinch (plural squinches)
- (architecture) A structure constructed between two adjacent walls to aid in the transition from a polygonal to a circular structure, as when a dome is constructed on top of a square room.
Translations[edit]
structure between walls to transition to circular
Verb[edit]
squinch (third-person singular simple present squinches, present participle squinching, simple past and past participle squinched)
- (transitive) To scrunch up (one's face, etc.).
- 2008 March 15, Gail Collins, “George Speaks, Badly”, in New York Times[1]:
- The president squinched his face and bit his lip and seemed too antsy to stand still.