squinch

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skwɪntʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɪntʃ

Noun

squinch (plural squinches)

1. (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

structure between walls to transition to circular

• Catalan: trompa (ca) f
• French: trompe (fr) f
• German: Trompe (de) f
• Persian: سکنج‎ (fa) (sekonj), گوشه‎ (fa) (guše), گوشواره‎ (fa) (gušvâre), فیلگوش‎ (filguš)

• Russian: тромп (ru) m (tromp)
• Spanish: trompa (es)
• Swedish: trompe (sv)

Verb

squinch (third-person singular simple present squinches, present participle squinching, simple past and past participle squinched)

1. 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.